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Oklahoma carries out appallingly problematic execution

Oct. 29, 2021 | Oklahoma took the life of John Marion Grant Thursday in what turned out to be an appallingly problematic execution that left Mr. Grant convulsing repeatedly and vomiting before his death.

Grant’s was the first execution in Oklahoma since the 2014 botched execution of Clayton Lockett and the 2015 execution of Charles Warner using the wrong drug.

The execution took place amid ongoing litigation surrounding the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocol. A trial on the issue is scheduled in federal court for February 2022.

PRESS RELEASE: Oklahoma’s third problematic execution in a row "warrants an immediate halt" in scheduled executions

“Oklahoma’s track record for problematic executions is nothing short of horrendous,” said Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, Executive Director of Catholic Mobilizing Network. “The excessive pain and suffering experienced by John Grant during his execution last night warrants an immediate halt to the six pending execution dates in Oklahoma through March of next year.”

TAKE ACTION: Oppose the execution of Julius Jones in Oklahoma

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