Discussion: Oklahoma Gov. Orders Independent Review of Execution Procedures

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It was known beforehand it would end badly and it did. Appointing lackeys to review this is rather pointless.

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Except if the goal of the Gov (who, as someone pointed out, avidly sought out these executions) is to cover her own ass. Which it is.

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So this review will be independent in the way that Chris Christie’s review of the bridge scandal was independent–and in a matter much more serious.

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OK governor needs to be brought up on Federal charges for overseeing and approving cruel and unusual punishment.

And given what she just did I find the cross around her neck particularly offensive, She is no Christian!

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That “like” was mostly (but not entirely) for the cross comment, I was thinking along the same lines… She’d have loved to have nailed him to a cross herself.

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Independent Review…is that what the GOP will call a commission now? This woman has proven she should not have any influence over the life/death of living things in this universe.

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And when we say
Yeeow! Aye-yip-aye-yo-ee-ay!
We’re only sayin’
The needle’s in wrong, Oklahoma!
Oklahoma Oy vey!

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That’s a nice necklace you have there Mary Fallin.

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it will take years for OK to write one paragraph that will find tht its President Obamas fault because of Benghasee and Obamacare.

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This is what I get for commenting before reading. The cross hanging on the neck of the executioner is quite the juxtapose.

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Time for the Justice Department to step in and do a real independent review.

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Flailin’Faillin’s

got a lot of ass-covering and crApologizing to do…

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This woman is so bloodthirsty, she threatened to ignore a court ordered stay. I’m sure her “independent review” will be, um, enlightening.

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The state of Okla. is going to investigate their own procedures? Isn’t that like the fox investigating the hen house?

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Be a damned shame if something happened to it…

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Last night’s nightmare might resonate across the country. After last night just how does any state guarantee it can administer a death sentence that isn’t cruel and unusual?

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“Therefore I’ve also asked the Department of Public Safety and our commissioner, Michael Thompson, to lead an independent review of the state’s execution procedures,” Fallin said. "Although I don;t know why YOU PEOPLE are demanding this. As far as I can see the Ni(CLANG!) Drugs work just like we planned.

“Now how about we bring out Christina to do a dance?”

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What a fraud Fallin is. She wears that cross, touts her pro-life credentials and then when the SUPREME COURT OF OKLAHOMA tells her to wait because the drugs can’t be verified as ‘humane’ and NOW she’s whining?

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Time to end this primitive, barbaric, inhumane practice.

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