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Melissa Scavelli reports<\/a> for KOKH:<\/p>\n

According to officials, the state has found a reliable supply of drugs to resume executions by lethal injections.<\/p>\n

The state said they will use an updated version of the previous protocol based on recommendations by the 2016 multicounty grand jury.<\/p>\n

Midazolam, vecuronium bromide, and potassium chloride will once again be used officials said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Midazolam is not the optimum choice. Resort to it is needed only because the “guerilla war against the death penalty” has succeeded in intimidating suppliers into cutting off the supply of barbiturates.<\/p>\n

Nolan Clay reports<\/a> for the Oklahoman:<\/p>\n

The surprise announcement came at a news conference by Gov. Kevin Stitt, Attorney General Mike Hunter and Corrections Department Director Scott Crow.<\/p>\n

Efforts will continue to develop a way to carry out the punishment with nitrogen gas, officials said. However, the law allowing the state to develop a method using nitrogen gas only allows nitrogen to be used if the drugs for lethal injection are unavailable.<\/p>\n

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“It is important that the state is implementing our death penalty law with a procedure that is humane and swift for those convicted of the most heinous of crimes,” Gov. Stitt said. “Director Crow and Attorney General Mike Hunter have worked diligently and thoroughly to create a path forward to resume the death penalty in Oklahoma, and the time has come to deliver accountability and justice to the victims who have suffered unthinkable loss and pain.”<\/p>\n

More than 40 murderers are awaiting execution in the state. Almost 30 have exhausted their appeals and are eligible to have execution dates set.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Melissa Scavelli reports for KOKH: According to officials, the state has found a reliable supply of drugs to resume executions by lethal injections. The state said they will use an updated version of the previous protocol based on recommendations by the 2016 multicounty grand jury. Midazolam, vecuronium bromide, and potassium chloride will once again be used officials said. Midazolam is not the optimum choice. 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