Capital Punishment In Oklahoma
Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma is one of the leading states in number of performed post-Furman executions, behind only Texas and Virginia and leading in number of executions per capita.
Oklahoma was also the first state and the first jurisdiction in the world to adopt lethal injection as method of executions. On December 16, 2010, Oklahoma became the first American state to use pentobarbital in the execution of John David Duty.
Read more about Capital Punishment In Oklahoma: Capital Offenses, Process, Clemency, Method, List of Individuals Executed By The State of Oklahoma Since 1976, Historical Background
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