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Oklahoma is the one of two states allowing more than three methods of execution in its statutes, providing lethal injection which is Oklahoma's primary method, nitrogen hypoxia, electrocution and firing squad to be used in that order if all earlier methods are unavailable or found to be unconstitutional.
Authorizes the use of the firing squad if lethal-injection drugs are unavailable or if lethal injection is held to be unconstituitonal. Also, if a prisoner was sentenced to death before May 3, 2004, he may chose firing squad as the method of execution.
StateAuthorized MethodsAlabamaEffective 7/1/18, lethal injection will ...ArizonaAuthorizes lethal injection for persons ...ArkansasLethal injection is the method unless it ...CaliforniaProvides that lethal injection be ...Dec 15, 2022 · Oklahoma has never used a firing squad for executions despite the method being allowed in the state. The last person executed via firing squad in the United States was Ronnie Lee Gardner, who was sentenced to death for murdering a man as he attempted to escape from a courthouse.
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Jan 13, 2022 · Oklahoma has never used firing squad as a method of executing prisoners since statehood, but current state law does allow for its use if other methods, such as lethal injection, were...
Jan 11, 2022 · Oklahoma has never used firing squad as a method of executing prisoners since statehood, but current state law does allow for its use if other methods, like lethal injection, were determined...
Jan 11, 2022 · Oklahoma has never used firing squad as a method of executing prisoners since statehood, but current state law does allow for its use if other methods, like lethal injection, were determined to be unconstitutional or otherwise unavailable.
Jan 13, 2022 · Oklahoma has never used firing squad as a method of executing prisoners since statehood, but current state law does allow for its use if other methods, such as lethal injection, were...
