While three more inmates are scheduled to be executed next week in the United States, the number of executions has declined in recent years. Next is vecuronium bromide, which paralyzes the body, and last is potassium chloride, which stops the heart. Prison officials had not realize they were sent potassium acetate instead of potassium chloride until the drugs were delivered. “It’s unfathomable that it took the Department of Corrections almost an hour after the scheduled time of execution to come forward and say there were problems with the drug protocol”. Prison spokeswoman Terri Watkins said she was unable to provide any insight why the mix-up happened or how it would impact the scheduled execution of Benjamin Robert Cole on October 7.
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‘They’re using him to push their goals, ‘ he said.
The U.S. Supreme Court had denied Glossip a stay, but a drug mix-up forced the governor to issue it. Check out the petition that has already generated more than 200,000 signatures and ask the state of Oklahoma to put a stop to Glossip’s execution.
And in Virginia, a federal judge temporarily halted Thursday’s scheduled execution of Alfredo Prieto after his attorneys raised questions about the state’s planned use of pentobarbital supplied by the Texas prison system.
Another one of Glossip’s lawyers, Donald Knight, said he will use the additional weeks to press the inmate’s claim that he had nothing to do with Van Treese’s death.
“He has now had multiple trials, seventeen years of appeals, and three stays of his execution”, Fallin said.
Francis tried and failed to do the same for Gissendaner on Tuesday.
“I’m just standing there in just my boxers”, Glossip, who claims he’s innocent, told reporters in a telephone interview from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, meanwhile, rejects Glossip’s request that it reconsider its decision. His attorneys argue that the sedative midazolam wouldnt adequately render an inmate unconscious before the second and third drugs were administered. That man, Justin Sneed, is serving a life sentence.
That 37-day stay of execution doesn’t include any reference to doubt over Glossip’s guilt in the case. She said her father wanted to recant his testimony but is afraid of losing his plea deal that spared him the death penalty.
However, there is no physical evidence corroborating Sneed’s accusation. The ACLU’s legal director, Steven R. Shapiro, agreed. The governor does not have the authority to commute a sentence without a recommendation from the state pardon and parole board.
The ad encourages residents to contact Gov. Mary Fallin’s office and request a 60-day stay of execution. While his new Supreme Court challenge focused on the details of his conviction and requests for a new hearing, Glossip’s name was on the lethal injection case considered by the justices earlier this year. The court did not mention a vote in its denial but said, “Justice (Stephen) Breyer would grant the application for stay of execution”.
Ultimately, the Supreme Court upheld Oklahoma’s procedure. Their lawyers argued that the use of Midazolam, a drug meant to induce unconsciousness, violated the U.S. constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Patton announced the execution couldn’t begin as planned, but said little else before rushing out of the room without taking questions.
Glossip’s execution, delayed multiple times, is now set for November. 2. He was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at 3 p.m. CDT at the death chamber in McAlester.
Richard Glossip’s sister, Nancy Ogden, left and her grandson…
The case has been surrounded by controversy for the alleged lack of evidence with the evidence being a being the sole word of a convicted murderer.
“Having them all strung out in this two-week period demonstrates the many flaws in the death penalty”, said James Clark, senior campaigner on the death penalty at Amnesty worldwide USA.
The letter says a commutation “would give clearer witness to the value and dignity of every person’s life”.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò wrote a letter to Gov. Fallin on behalf of Pope Francis, asking for clemency for Glossip.
It’s been a big week for the US death penalty.
Businessman Richard Branson has also appealed for his release. “That is precisely the problem”.
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“I’m not going to die in 37 days, until the truth is finally in a courtroom where people can see it”, Glossip said.
