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  • Oklahoma resumes executions, kills inmate for 1998 slaying

    10/28/2021 5:23:00 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 50 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | October 28, 2021 | By SEAN MURPHY
    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...