"Oklahoma Sen. Connie Johnson to tour death row," is the AP report, via the Beaumont Enterprise.
Oklahoma state Sen. Connie Johnson says she'll join the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty on a tour of death row at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
Johnson says the tour scheduled for Oct. 9 and will include looks at the execution chamber and the burial grounds at the prison.
Johnson is a Democrat from Oklahoma County and says the tour will provide "an up close and personal view" of the death penalty. She says she's worked to show state lawmakers and the public "the injustice and outrageous expense" of the death penalty.
"Anti-Death Penalty Group to Tour Oklahoma Death Row," is also from AP, via Tulsa Public Radio.
A group working to end the death penalty in Oklahoma has been granted permission to tour death row at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, including the executeon chamber and the prison graveyard.The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty announced on Wednesday that the group had been granted permission for the tour by the Department of Corrections.
Coalition officials say the October 9th tour is the result of discussions with Governor Mary Fallin about the possibility of a study on the costs and use of the death penalty in Oklahoma.
Earlier coverage from Oklahoma begins at the links.
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