Oklahoma has scheduled Glossip for death nine times since 2015. With just weeks remaining before his scheduled execution, he’s relying on an unlikely ally to save his life – Attorney General Gentner Drummond.
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Despite lower turnout, data shows rural and urban parts of the state shifted dramatically from the state’s 2018 vote on medical cannabis. A proposal to legalize recreational use failed in every county.
There were at least 25 fatal police shootings in Oklahoma in 2023.
Gentner Drummond vows to be more ‘engaged’ than his predecessor. He’s already taken control of a series of investigations involving allegations of corruption and misuse of public funds.
“I’m glad our enemy is dead,” said a family member of A.J. and Patsy Cantrell, who Eizember killed in 2003. Eizember, in his final statement, said “my conscience is clear, completely.”
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Fairchild, convicted in the brutal murder of a 3-year old boy, is the state’s fifth execution of 2022. Almost one-third of U.S. executions this year have taken place in Oklahoma.
