Oklahoma delays execution; drug didn’t match protocols
McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma Gov. The state Department of Corrections reached out immediately to the attorney general’s office once prison officials realized they received the wrong drug for use in Richard Glossip’s execution, according to Fallin spokesman Alex Weintz. Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office advised Fallin and prison officials that the state’s lethal injection guidelines, which had been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, had to be followed, said Pruitt spokesman Aaron Cooper. Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton said he requested the stay after learning officials had the wrong drug “out of due diligence.” “This will allow us time to review the current drug protocol and answer any questions we might have about the drug protocol,” he told reporters at the media center near Oklahoma’s execution chamber before walking away without taking questions. Fallin has repeatedly denied Glossip’s request for a stay of execution, saying in a Tuesday statement that the state “has gone to extraordinary lengths to guarantee that Richard Glossip is treated fairly and that the claims made by him and his attorneys are taken seriously.” “He has now had multiple trials, seventeen years of appeals, and three stays of his execution,” Fallin said.
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