Oklahoma Executes Man Days Before A Trial On Whether Its Lethal Injection Method Is Legal
The state of Oklahoma executed Gilbert Postelle, 35, on Thursday. Gilbert Postelle's clemency application The state of Oklahoma on Thursday executed Gilbert Postelle, 35, a man with an IQ that approaches an intellectual disability who suffered from neglect and drug addiction as a child. Postelle is the fourth person killed by the state in recent months amid a lawsuit over whether Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocol is unconstitutionally cruel. “Bits and pieces are what I remember it’s like watching a movie can’t even tell you how this decision was made to take these people lifes because I truly do not remember I do understand that I am guilty and I accept that.” “Despite being the youngest participant in the crime — barely old enough to be legally eligible for the death penalty — Gilbert Postelle was sentenced to death.” After the crime, Postelle took two IQ tests and received scores in the mid-to-high 70s, indicative of limited intellectual functioning. In a footnote, Friot appeared to welcome the state to kill these men so their executions could produce evidence as to whether Oklahoma’s execution protocol is unconstitutionally cruel.
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