2 Oklahoma death row inmates facing executions offered firing squad as a less problematic alternative to the state’s 3-drug lethal injection, attorney says.
— want U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot to grant them a temporary injunction that would delay their upcoming executions until a trial can be held over whether Oklahoma’s three-drug lethal injection method is constitutional. A trial is set to begin before Friot on Feb. 28, but Grant is scheduled to be put to death on Jan. 27, while Postelle is set for execution on Feb. 17.
Friot did not issue a decision Monday on the inmates’ motion, but said he hoped to release an order by the end of the week.Among the experts who testified was Dr. James Williams, an emergency medicine specialist from Texas who has more than 40,000 hours of emergency room experience and who has extensively studied the use of firing squads.
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