Oklahoma has put more people to death than any state except Texas.
Oklahoma State Rep. Kevin McDugle has done a surprising service for the citizens of his state. McDugle is a longtime death penalty supporter, but hejourney from death penalty supporter to death penalty skeptic
is one he hopes others will emulate when they look closely at the glaring defects in the death penalty process.to hear testimony about the risk of executing an innocent person and the problem of botched executions. Over the course of three and a half hours, the committee heard from current and former officials involved in the execution process, a death row exoneree, and death penalty experts., should adopt a moratorium on executions.
“They have zero proof, outside of that, that can tie Richard Glossip to giving him money, splitting money with him. Zero,” McDugle says, “so I have zero doubts that that were wrong.”As McDugle told his fellow members of the House Committee, “We have people on death row who don’t deserve the death penalty. The process in Oklahoma is not right. Either we fix that, or we put a moratorium in place until we can fix it.
Still another witness shifted the focus and urged the committee to pay attention to Oklahoma’s record of botched executions. Justin Jones, a former head of Oklahoma’s Department of Corrections,that the state’s execution protocol is not foolproof. In addition, he reminded the committee that the prison staff charged with carrying out executions are “some of the lowest-paid state employees and government. It just takes one who doesn’t do their job properly” and an execution can go horribly wrong.
Jones agreed with other witnesses on the need for a moratorium on executions. If Oklahoma continues to put people to death, Jones said, “I’m guaranteeing you that you’re going to have other botched executions.
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