By Meredith Clark
While Oklahoma will not be putting anyone to death on May 13, it’s neighbor to the south will be.
A federal judge has refused to issue a stay of execution for Robert James Campbell, a death row inmate who had been suing to learn details of how Texas will carry out the procedure. This means Campbell could be executed just two weeks after the gruesomely botched execution of Oklahoma prisoner Clayton Lockett under essentially secret conditions.
The Oklahoma Attorney General’s office agreed to a six month stay of execution for Charles Warner, whose execution had been set for May 13, on Thursday. Warner had been scheduled to die shortly after Lockett, but Gov. Mary Fallin moved the date when she ordered an investigation into why Lockett’s execution went so horribly wrong. Both Fallin and Attorney General Scott Pruitt have said there should be no executions in Oklahoma until the investigation is completecontinue to read here
While Oklahoma will not be putting anyone to death on May 13, it’s neighbor to the south will be.
A federal judge has refused to issue a stay of execution for Robert James Campbell, a death row inmate who had been suing to learn details of how Texas will carry out the procedure. This means Campbell could be executed just two weeks after the gruesomely botched execution of Oklahoma prisoner Clayton Lockett under essentially secret conditions.
The Oklahoma Attorney General’s office agreed to a six month stay of execution for Charles Warner, whose execution had been set for May 13, on Thursday. Warner had been scheduled to die shortly after Lockett, but Gov. Mary Fallin moved the date when she ordered an investigation into why Lockett’s execution went so horribly wrong. Both Fallin and Attorney General Scott Pruitt have said there should be no executions in Oklahoma until the investigation is completecontinue to read here
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