Federal judge issues stay of execution for Oklahoma death row inmate
A federal judge issued a stay of execution hours before an Oklahoma death row inmate was scheduled for lethal injection Tuesday.
The stay was issued after defense attorneys raised concerns about the sedative to be injected. It was the third stay of execution for Jeffrey David Matthews , 38.
Matthews, of Purcell, was convicted of killing Otis Earl Short , 77, and assaulting Short's wife, Minnie Delores Short ,...
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