Oklahoma

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• US supreme court to review same-sex marriage petitions from five states

  11 Sep 2014: Private review will determine which, if any, gay marriages cases the court will take up in term beginning in October

• Oklahoma to upgrade equipment in time for November executions

  8 Sep 2014: Changes announced days after investigation found training errors and equipment failures preceeded botched Lockett execution

• We may never know who witnessed Clayton Lockett's execution

  5 Sep 2014: The report into Oklahoma’s botched execution cited medical failures but kept secret the identities of the 36 witnesses

• Oklahoma executions on hold after release of report on botched injection

  5 Sep 2014: Clayton Lockett took 43 minutes to die because of misplaced IV but no single person blamed and no charges recommended

• Prison warden present at botched execution handed Oklahoma role

  4 Sep 2014: Lance Hetmer, who presided over Joseph Wood’s two-hour execution in July, hired by Oklahoma, where a separate botched execution made headlines in April

• Oklahoma state report on botched lethal injection cites medical failures

  4 Sep 2014: Long-awaited state investigation into execution of Clayton Lockett recommends contingency plan for botched procedures

• Clayton Lockett didn't die of heart attack, Oklahoma official autopsy shows

  28 Aug 2014: Findings contradict results of earlier independent autopsy, which suggested possible incompetence of execution team in inserting IV linesACLU challenges Oklahoma over Lockett execution

• US gay marriage advocates urge supreme court to strike down state bans

  27 Aug 2014: Lawyers defending the bans contend that the US constitution gives the states the role of defining marriage

• ACLU challenges Oklahoma over first amendment violation in execution

  25 Aug 2014: The Guardian and the Oklahoma Observer join ACLU in arguing the state acted unconstitutionally by drawing a screen during Clayton Lockett execution

• I was told to approve a lethal injection, but it violates my basic medical ethics

  6 Aug 2014: Marc Stern: We risk botched executions so long as they are conducted in a scientific vacuum and medical professionals operate devoid of any moral compass

• We almost certainly execute innocent people with cruelty. This isn't justice

  4 Aug 2014: Scott Lemieux: Given the flaws in Cameron Todd Willingham’s case, how can we ever be certain of the guilt of anyone sentenced to death?

• Oklahoma increases security for prisons director after threats over execution

  4 Aug 2014: Department purchased bullet-resistant car for Robert Patton, who is now accompanied by bodyguards

• Common Core goes from unifying standard to divisive hot potato

  3 Aug 2014: Ideological opposition to an education policy adopted by 45 states has led some parents to school their children at home
  

• Bar exam software problem forces states to extend deadlines for law graduates

  30 Jul 2014: ExamSoft ‘processing issue’ prevents would-be lawyers from uploading answers as executive calls problem ‘not acceptable’

• Oklahoma City bombing centre stage in brother's court battle

  27 Jul 2014: Jesse Trentadue wants FBI to release video of fatal attack in case of brother Kenneth's death in custody 19 years ago
  

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