The state's new attorney general asked Oklahoma's Court of Criminal Appeals to slow down the pace of upcoming executions.
Oklahoma's Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday granted a request by the state's new attorney general to slow down the pace of upcoming executions.spaced about a month apart. The state's new attorney general, Gentner Drummond, filed a motion last week requesting at least 60 days between executions, arguing that carrying out an execution a month was not sustainable.
"One aspect that has become clear over time is that the current pace of executions is unsustainable in the long run, as it is unduly burdening the [Department of Corrections] and its personnel," Drummond wrote in his motion."This is especially true given the extensive and intensive nature of the training DOC personnel undergo to prepare for each execution."
A file photo shows the execution chamber in Huntsville, Texas. Oklahoma's Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday agreed to slow the pace of the state's upcoming executions.On Tuesday, the court issued an order resetting execution dates for seven death row inmates, starting with Richard Glossip on May 18.
The court also set execution dates for Jemaine Monteil Cannon on July 20; Anthony Castillo Sanchez on September 21; Phillip Dean Hancock on November 30; James Chandler Ryan on February 1, 2024; Michael DeWayne Smith on April 4, 2024; and Wade Greely Lay on June 6, 2024. Execution dates for other death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals will be set"at an appropriate time in the future," the court said in the order.
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