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Although officials in other states have also denied requests for transparency about lethal injection protocols, Oklahomas legal conflicts on the issue have been particularly intense. When the state supreme court early last week sought to halt the process, state lawmakers quickly moved to try to impeach the justices. And the governor, Mary Fallin, issued an order decreeing that she would not abide by the judicial ruling of her states highest court. So the execution of Clayton Lockett proceeded. What happened was anything but standard: The mans heart essentially exploded after officials stopped pumping his body full of the deadly chemicals. We always argue that something like this is going to happen, one defense attorney close to the case told me Tuesday night, but we always hope it wont. This time, it did. - Andrew Cohen, The Atlantic
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:46:54 +0000

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