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February 20, 2012

State needs more execution options

Staff Reports Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma's top prison official says the state needs to plan for the future of executions as it faces a shortage of a lethal injection drug that is difficult to obtain.

Corrections Director Justin Jones said Monday the state has four doses left of pentobarbital, which manufacturers have objected to selling for use in executions. It's unclear what the state will do if it exhausts its supply.

The Oklahoman reported Monday on the shortage. Lethal injection is Oklahoma's primary method of execution followed by the electric chair and the firing squad. Jones told The Associated Press he believes courts would not allow electrocutions.

Garry T. Allen was scheduled for execution last Thursday, but was granted a 30-day stay. Timothy Stemple is sentenced to die on March 15.

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