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The state of Oklahoma intends to execute two dozen prisoners at a rate of about one a month over the next two years, utilizing a barbaric lethal injection protocol that has been shown to cause torturous death.
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a 1997 killing, despite a recommendation from the state's Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared. James Coddington, 50, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m.