lethal injection

This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses the trial over Oklahoma's execution protocol coming to an end and a challenge against the special election to fill the seat getting vacated by U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses the resignation of U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe from the seat he has held since 1994, the trial over Oklahoma's execution protocols, and more.

Oklahoma's secrecy laws allow the state to obscure where it gets lethal injection drugs. Given the state's track record, the critics say, that shouldn't be the case.

Gilbert Ray Postelle was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 10:14 a.m. Thursday morning. He's the fourth death row inmate to be killed since the state resumed capital punishment in October after a six-year moratorium.

A poor reader, Matthew Reeves is intellectually disabled and wasn't capable of making a decision on the method of execution without assistance, his lawyers argued.

Donald Anthony Grant was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 10:16 a.m. Thursday morning. He's the third death row inmate to be killed since the state resumed capital punishment in October after a six-year moratorium.

Death row inmate Bigler Stouffer II was executed Thursday morning at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses the Secretary of Defense denying a request from Gov. Kevin Stitt of a COVID-19 vaccination waiver and a federal judge putting an injunction against vaccine mandates against health care workers in facilities receiving Medicaid and Medicare funding.

The episode features reports on capital punishment, reproductive rights and Black WWII veterans.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of Julius Jones after a public outcry. Jones, who maintains he was wrongly convicted of a 1999 murder, now faces life in prison without parole.