Oklahoma executes James Coddington -- the first of 25 inmates the state intends to put to death through 2024 at a pace of about one man a month
Coddington, who was sentenced to die for murdering Albert Hale in 1997 amid his struggle with a crack cocaine addiction, was executed after Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday denied his request for clemency. Coddington's attorneys and advocates had hoped his life would be spared, pointing to his remorse for Hale's murder, his traumatic childhood and rehabilitation while on Oklahoma's death row. The time of death was 10:16 a.m.
Coddington had asked for his sentence to be commuted to life in prison, where his advocates -- among them the former director of the state's Department of Corrections and a former Speaker of the state House of Representatives -- said he had finally overcome his addiction and could serve as a good influence on other inmates."I don't think it would serve the best interest of the state of Oklahoma to execute Mr.
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