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Oklahoma Lethal Injection Appeal Filed

By Steve Hall

Today's Oklahoman reports, "Defense attorney appeals federal court decision on Oklahoma execution."  It's written by Robert Boczkiewicz. Oklahoma?s intention to use a drug the state has never used in executions would violate state law, a death row inmate?s attorney argued Wednesday. Using pentobarbital as the first of three drugs given during lethal injection ?does not comply with the plain language of the governing Oklahoma statute,? contended Timothy Payne, attorney for Jeffrey Matthews. Payne, an assistant federal public defender in Oklahoma City, made his argument in a 36-page brief filed at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. An execution date has not been set for Matthews, but another death row inmate, John David Duty, is scheduled for lethal injection Dec...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 09, 2010 (boomark / email).