Updated: 7:16 am, Fri Apr 18, 2014.
...Attorneys Susanna Gattoni and Seth Day, (click here) who represent the men, said in an email Thursday: "It is absolutely essential that the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals stay these executions so that the issues can be fully adjudicated before it's too late."
"If we are going to have
the death penalty in Oklahoma, then we must have disclosure about how
executions will be carried out. Transparency is the only way to be sure
that lethal injection is performed in accordance with state and federal
laws and the Constitution."
Lockett and Warner are
not challenging their underlying convictions. Instead they filed suit in
March challenging the state's execution-secrecy law....
The attorneys are trying to protect everyone's rights. There have been far too many wrongful deaths of innocent people on death row. These folks are fighting the 'good fight.'
March 26 2014 4:53 PM
by Kelly Tunney and Josh Voorhees
Associated Press:
Oklahoma's Death Penalty: (click here)
"An Oklahoma judge ruled the state's execution law unconstitutional Wednesday because its privacy provision is so strict that it that prevents inmates from finding out the source of drugs used in executions, even through the courts. After condemned inmates gasped or complained they were 'burning' during executions in January, inmates Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner asked Oklahoma prison officials who was making the drugs that would kill them and whether the material was pure. However, under state law, no one is allowed to disclose the source of drugs used in a lethal injection — even if an inmate sues and seeks the information as part of the discovery process. Oklahoma County District Judge Patricia Parrish said that prevents the inmates from exercising rights under the Constitution."...
The attorneys are trying to protect everyone's rights. There have been far too many wrongful deaths of innocent people on death row. These folks are fighting the 'good fight.'
March 26 2014 4:53 PM
by Kelly Tunney and Josh Voorhees
Associated Press:
Oklahoma's Death Penalty: (click here)
"An Oklahoma judge ruled the state's execution law unconstitutional Wednesday because its privacy provision is so strict that it that prevents inmates from finding out the source of drugs used in executions, even through the courts. After condemned inmates gasped or complained they were 'burning' during executions in January, inmates Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner asked Oklahoma prison officials who was making the drugs that would kill them and whether the material was pure. However, under state law, no one is allowed to disclose the source of drugs used in a lethal injection — even if an inmate sues and seeks the information as part of the discovery process. Oklahoma County District Judge Patricia Parrish said that prevents the inmates from exercising rights under the Constitution."...
