The Guardian reports, "Oklahoma execution investigation expected to finish sooner than planned," by Katie Fretland.
Oklahoma’s investigation of the botched execution of Clayton Lockett is expected to be completed sooner than initially announced, and investigators have requested to interview journalists who witnessed the execution, including the Guardian.
Executions in the state have been on hold since governor Mary Fallin appointed the state department of public safety to investigate Lockett’s execution.
And:
Lawyers and activists have questioned whether the state agency led by Thompson can conduct an investigation that is independent of Fallin’s office. In the weeks leading up to his execution, Lockett had challenged the secrecy surrounding the source of the drugs for his execution. The state supreme court stayed his execution, but Fallin said the court acted outside its authority and a state legislator threatened to try to have the judges impeached. Fallin issued her own stay that reset Lockett’s execution to happen 29 April, setting up a rare double execution with Charles Warner also scheduled to die that night. The judges lifted their stay and ruled against Lockett’s constitutional claims questioning the secrecy of the drugs being used to put him to death.
The corrections director has said the state will need to write new protocols and extensively train staff before an execution can be carried out in Oklahoma.
Earlier coverage of Oklahoma's botched execution begins at the link.
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