Death Penalty
The last execution by firing squad in the U.S. was in 2010.
Prosecutors are imploring President Joe Biden to end the federal death penalty after the Trump administration’s execution spree.
The option was added after the state was unable to obtain the drugs necessary to carry out lethal injections.
The state killed 35-year-old Gilbert Postelle, a man with an IQ that approaches an intellectual disability who suffered from neglect and drug addiction as a child.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted Jones' death sentence to life without parole, a partial adoption of recommendations from the state's Pardon and Parole Board.
Oklahoma already botched one execution last month and plans to proceed with more despite ongoing litigation over the lethal injection process.
The men Oklahoma is planning to kill are part of an ongoing lawsuit over whether the state’s lethal injection protocol constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Prosecutors planned to seek the death penalty against William George Davis for the lethal injections in 2017 and 2018.
The Biden administration supports the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, despite the president's opposition to capital punishment.
The Justice Department will review its policies and procedures related to capital cases during this pause.