Lethal injection questioned in Oklahoma case

 
BY NOLAN CLAY
Published: February 28, 2010

A death row inmate who helped his lover murder her husband says the way executions are done in Oklahoma is inhumane.

James Pavatt , 56, was sentenced to death for the Nov. 20, 2001, fatal shooting of Oklahoma City ad executive Rob Andrew.

He is the latest inmate to complain in Oklahoma City federal court that executions have been botched because of problems with the state’s lethal injection procedure.

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