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Oklahoma resumes executions, kills inmate for 1998 slaying
The Associated Press ^ | October 28, 2021 | By SEAN MURPHY

Posted on 10/28/2021 5:23:00 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma ended a six-year moratorium on executions Thursday, administering the death penalty on a man who convulsed and vomited as he was executed for the 1998 slaying of a prison cafeteria worker.

John Marion Grant, 60, who was strapped to a gurney inside the execution chamber, began convulsing and vomiting after the first drug, the sedative midazolam, was administered. Several minutes later, two members of the execution team wiped the vomit from his face and neck.

He was serving a 130-year prison sentence for several armed robberies when witnesses say he dragged prison cafeteria worker Gay Carter into a mop closet and stabbed her 16 times with a homemade shank. He was sentenced to die in 1999.

“At least now we are starting to get justice for our loved ones,” Carter’s daughter, Pamela Gay Carter, said in a statement. “The death penalty is about protecting any potential future victims. Even after Grant was removed from society, he committed an act of violence that took an innocent life. I pray that justice prevails for all the other victims’ loved ones. My heart and prayers go out to you all.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: death; deathpenalty; execution; johnmariongrant; oklahoma; penalty; wellbye
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Pamela Gay Carter

21 posted on 10/28/2021 6:06:32 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Torahman

Asset forfeiture and pension/investment foreiture

I would be for that


22 posted on 10/28/2021 6:08:51 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: taxcontrol

Or why not fentanyl ?

A couple milligrams can be fatal.
Inject thirty or forty milligrams, should do it.


23 posted on 10/28/2021 6:14:52 PM PDT by Reynoldo (BurnLootMurder)
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To: taxcontrol

Or why not fentanyl ?

A couple milligrams can be fatal.
Inject thirty or forty milligrams, should do it.


24 posted on 10/28/2021 6:15:33 PM PDT by Reynoldo (BurnLootMurder)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
...began convulsing and vomiting after the first drug...

Is the OK lethal injection cocktail a combination of Pfizer, Moderna and J&J vaccines?

25 posted on 10/28/2021 6:18:10 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"...man who convulsed and vomited as he was executed for the 1998 slaying of a prison cafeteria worker."

I find that an oddly appropriate end for the lowlife.

26 posted on 10/28/2021 6:23:56 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: FamiliarFace
It would’ve been ok with me for Ted Bundy to have gone the same way this fella did.

Ted Bundy was fried in Florida's electric chair. Signs outside the prison read "Thank God it's Fry-day!"

27 posted on 10/28/2021 6:26:52 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I can hardly hold back the tears.


28 posted on 10/28/2021 6:28:45 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: DAC21
Since convulsing and vomiting seems to be upsetting to the media maybe we should just have a guillotine. Maybe the French had it right after all

Turn him loose in the yard, and let the guards open up with .17 cal rifles...like a human pin-ball machine.

29 posted on 10/28/2021 6:29:00 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: DAC21
Since convulsing and vomiting seems to be upsetting to the media maybe we should just have a guillotine. Maybe the French had it right after all

Turn him loose in the yard, and let the guards open up with .17 cal rifles...like a human pin-ball machine.

30 posted on 10/28/2021 6:29:14 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: DAC21

I think a 308 with 180 grain bullet at 25 meters directly at the perps center of mass should do the trick quickly and efficiently.


31 posted on 10/28/2021 6:30:11 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

I remember that..
Another sign said...Bundy BBQ


32 posted on 10/28/2021 6:41:22 PM PDT by joe fonebone (bush league chamber of commerce worshiping republiCAN'Ts are the enemy)
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To: ConservaTexan

Well played sir!


33 posted on 10/28/2021 6:42:36 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Yes, yes, yes, I know. What I meant was that I wouldn’t care one whit if Bundy suffered at all. I hope he did suffer. I hope this guy the article is about suffered.

These individuals (I can’t call them people) care nothing of the suffering of their innocent victims, nor of the victims’ families.

Let them feel some suffering.


34 posted on 10/28/2021 6:45:12 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: taxcontrol

We need fuss, mess, and pain.

I am partial to the gallows. There is something righteous about making a person climb each step and the violence of a quick drop and sudden stop.


35 posted on 10/28/2021 6:48:35 PM PDT by Salvavida (Even now, come Lord Jesus!)
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To: Salvavida

They should have pulled his intestines out through his mouth.


36 posted on 10/28/2021 6:58:04 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oklahoma executed a murderer. Not quite the sound of Oklahoma kills an inmate. Every prison employee, contract wotkerand less violent inmates are at less risk. Justice is difficult.


37 posted on 10/28/2021 7:11:22 PM PDT by KDF48 (Redeemed by Christ.)
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To: taxcontrol

Helium asphyxiation makes for much funnier last words.


38 posted on 10/28/2021 7:12:28 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: taxcontrol

How about nitrous oxide, then slowly cut the O2.


39 posted on 10/28/2021 7:20:48 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: joe fonebone

I’ll buckle up when Ted Bundy does.
In Florida, it’s the law!


40 posted on 10/28/2021 7:23:51 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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