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Oklahoma executes inmate who dies vomiting and convulsing

Headline from Fredericksburg.com, on the newest of 2 developments

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma administered the death penalty on a man who convulsed and vomited as he was executed for the 1998 slaying of a prison cafeteria worker, ending

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  1. Oklahoma Resumes Executions, Kills Inmate for 1998 Slaying

    Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·

  2. Newest

    Oklahoma executes inmate who dies vomiting and convulsing

    Headline from Fredericksburg.com ·

Reports & sources

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  1. Danville Register & Bee

    Oklahoma resumes executions, kills inmate for 1998 slaying (opens Danville Register & Bee)

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    Danville Register & Bee's feed description

    McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma ended a six-year moratorium on executions Thursday, administering the death penalty on a man who convulsed and vomited before dying, his sentence for the 1998

  2. NBC News

    Supreme Court clears way for Oklahoma execution (opens NBC News)

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    John Marion Grant's lethal injection on Thursday would be the first in the state in over six years following a series of bungled executions.

  3. Fredericksburg.com

    Oklahoma executes inmate who dies vomiting and convulsing (opens Fredericksburg.com)

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    Fredericksburg.com's feed description

    McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma administered the death penalty on a man who convulsed and vomited as he was executed for the 1998 slaying of a prison cafeteria worker, ending

  4. Washington Post

    Oklahoma resumes executions; inmate put to death for 1998 slaying (opens Washington Post)

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    Washington Post's feed description

    A roundup of news from across the country.

  5. News Center Maine

    Inmate convulses and vomits during Oklahoma's first execution in 6 years (opens News Center Maine)

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    News Center Maine's feed description

    The executive director of the nonpartisan Death Penalty Information Center said someone vomiting while being executed is "notable and unusual."

  6. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Oklahoma restarts executions (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    Oklahoma ended a six-year moratorium on executions Thursday, administering lethal chemicals to a man who convulsed as he was executed for the 1998 slaying of a prison cafeteria worker.

  7. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    'I've never heard of or seen that': Oklahoma executes inmate who dies vomiting and convulsing - WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma administered the death penalty on […]

  8. Washington Post

    Oklahoma death row inmate convulsed, vomited during lethal injection, witness says, as state resumes executions (opens Washington Post)

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    Washington Post's feed description

    John Marion Grant's death came hours after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay of execution. His death marks the end of a six-year hiatus in Oklahoma following concerns over a string of botched lethal injections.

  9. Herald Bulletin

    Man convulsed, vomited during Oklahoma's first execution since 2015 (opens Herald Bulletin)

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    John Marion Grant convulsed nearly two dozen times and Oklahoma prison officials wiped vomit from his face before his death was pronounced at 4:21 p.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State

  10. Washington Times

    Oklahoma resumes executions after legal fight contesting state’s three-drug cocktail (opens Washington Times)

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    An Oklahoma man was put to death Thursday after the Supreme Court lifted a stay of execution issued by a lower court over his challenge to Oklahoma’s three-drug cocktail for putting him to death.

  11. The Guardian

    Outcry after Oklahoma prisoner vomits and convulses during execution (opens The Guardian)

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    Witnesses describe gruesome scenes as John Grant, 60, put to death on Thursday in state’s first judicial killing for six years

  12. KESQ Palm Springs

    Oklahoma puts first inmate to death since 2015, but witness reports he convulsed and vomited during execution (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By Raja Razek, CNN Hours after the US Supreme Court vacated a ruling that granted a stay of execution for death row inmate John Grant, a witness to the execution on Thursday said Grant convulsed and vomited after the first drug, Midazolam, was administered.

  13. The Guardian

    Inmate executed in Oklahoma’s first lethal injection in six years (opens The Guardian)

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    John Marion Grant, convicted of stabbing a prison cafeteria worker, was the first since a series of flawed executions in 2014 and 2015

  14. France 24

    Oklahoma inmate dies vomiting and convulsing in first state execution since 2015 (opens France 24)

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    Condemned Oklahoma prisoner John Grant convulsed and vomited before dying from a cocktail of drugs on Thursday as the state conducted its first execution in years despite questions about its lethal i…

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