I have been following the case of Richard Glossip, an inmate on Oklahoma's death row after being wrongfully prosecuted and given the death penalty, for about a month-and-a-half. On September 30, Governor Mary Fallin granted a last-minute stay of execution.. That stay, after a previous one for just two weeks, was for thirty-seven days.
That stay is now currently indefinite, as are all executions in Oklahoma. In my September 30 post, I referred to the stay as having a "strange reason" behind it, even with the statement from the Governor's office mentioning the center of the controversy, a drug called potassium acetate. It turns out that potassium acetate was incorrectly sent to the prison by Oklahoma's supplier of drugs for Richard Glossip's execution. Potassium chloride, not potassium acetate, is required by Oklahoma's lethal injection protocols.
As a result Governor Mary Fallin has halted all executions indefinitely until the state Attorney General finishes investigating and wrongdoing in relation to not following proper procedures.
I invite you to read up on this situation with the following articles:
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