oklahoma
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Nitrogen Gas Is Now The Execution Method Of Choice In Oklahoma
The United States is dealing with a drug shortage – a legal injection drug shortage, that is. In response, states where capital punishment is still practiced are having to come up with new ways of killing people. Earlier this week, Oklahoma announced that it will start using nitrogen gas for all its executions moving forward,…
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Photos Of America’s Most Toxic City Are An Ominous Warning
In 2006, the EPA issued mandatory evacuations to residents of the town of Picher, Oklahoma. This summer, photographer Seph Lawless travelled to Picher to access a previously restricted area. And he brought back what look like apocalyptic visions of the future.
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Expert In US Supreme Court Lethal Injection Case Did Research On Drugs.com
Tomorrow, when the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the highest-profile death penalty challenge in seven years, the justices will begin ruling on this question: Does Oklahoma’s use of the common surgical sedative midazolam fail to make prisoners unconscious during lethal injections, thus violating the Eighth Amendment’s protection against “cruel and unusual punishment”?
