Attorney general and lawyers representing death row inmates file joint request to suspend proceedings in a lawsuit that challenges state’s deadly injection lawOklahoma’s attorney general has agreed to not request execution dates until 2016,as his office investigates why the state used the wrong drug to execute an inmate in January, according to court documents filed on Friday.
Attorney general Scott Pruitt and lawyers representing death row inmates filed a joint request asking a federal judge to suspend proceedings in a lawsuit that challenges Oklahoma’s deadly injection law. Both sides said the case should be put on hold as Pruitt’s office investigates how the state twice got the wrong drug to exhaust in executions. Related: Oklahoma death row inmate's supporters: 'He's just such a profitable man' Related: Untested drugs, and secret sources: the controversy over executions rages on Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com