the tulsa world published a three-part series exposing unbelievable details about oklahoma s death penalty and the way it s administered. today s print edition part two titled lethal lessons describes how it works in the death chamber beginning with this unnerving scene. in a cramp dimly lit room next the to oklahoma state penitentiary s death chamber three volunteer executioners push syringes of lethal drugs into the veins they cannot see. one of the more stunning revelations from today s report is they have virtually no way of communicating from that chamber that they re in to where the guy s actually dying. for that crude system of code involving colored pencils. the only way the executioners can communicate with the warden in the execution chamber is by sticking colored pencils through the hole in the wall. that s the same hole in the wall that lets the iv line from the drug administration room extend all the way to the inmate s
way it s administered. today s print edition part two titled lethal lessons describes how it works in the death chamber beginning with this unnerving scene. in a cramp dimly lit room next the to oklahoma state penitentiary s death chamber three volunteer executioners push syringes of lethal drugs into the veins they cannot see. one of the more stunning revelations from today s report is they have virtually no way of communicating from that chamber that they re in to where the guy s actually dying. for that crude system of code involving colored pencils. the only way the executioners can communicate with the warden in the execution chamber is by sticking colored pencils through the hole in the wall. that s the same hole in the wall that lets the iv line from the drug administration room extend all the way to the inmate s body. red pencil through the hole in
i am not here to attract any attention. i don t want none of these guys. i don t want no sexual play. i want none of that. i see other homosexuals in here, they use the colored pencils, their makeup, their lips. that s too much. where are you going? they already expecting for us gay boys or gay girls come here and be [ bleep ] because there is all these men. you come here and be so flamboyant. they re really going to like take advantage of that. you don t want that. good boys are not in here. i know. i just like the attention. i like to control people. you like the attention. arguetta s cell mate, john mcfarland says attention is good but he craves something more. it says legend. everybody remember me and my career because i will be famous. i m like, where can i go? can i see? i wake up in jail.
jail s infirmary, a process that can take anywhere from a few days to two weeks. her close friend and former cellmate crystal o reilly says she s relieved to have her back. i mean, i m i don t wish this on anybody but because i knew what she was going out to do i kind of was hoping to see her walk back through the door because at least i know she s safe, you know? at least i know we still have that. while she waits for her friend to be released from the infirmary, o reilly turns her focus to rebuilding her own life, especially with her two-year-old son and mother who s raising him. today she s making cards and in jail that takes unusual creativity. i m making crayons with tampons since we don t really have access, you know full access, anyway, to crayons, colored pencils, anything like that. so you have to get creative. so what we do is take a tampon and any white deodorant and take either a magazine or newspaper and you run it on the color.
attention. i am not here to attract any attention. i don t want none of these guys. i don t want no sexual play. i want none of that. i see other homosexuals in here, they use the colored pencils, their makeup, their lips. that s too much. where are you going? they already expecting for us gay boys or gay girls come here and be [ bleep ] because there is all these men. you come here and be so flamboyant. they re really going to like take advantage of that. you don t want that. good boys are not in here. i know. i just like the attention. i like to control people. you like the attention. arguetta s cell mate, john mcfarland says attention is good but he craves something more. it says legend. everybody remember me and my career because i will be famous. i m like, where can i go?