Oklahoma Pushes Back 7 Executions Due to Notice Requirement

Oklahoma Pushes Back 7 Executions Due to Notice Requirement
John Marion Grant. Oklahoma Department of Corrections
The Associated Press
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Oklahoma City—The Oklahoma attorney general’s office has asked the state’s Court of Criminal Appeals to push back execution dates for seven death row inmates based on requirements to give a 35-day notice before any execution.

Attorney General John O’Connor asked the court in a brief filed Friday to schedule John Marion Grant’s execution for Oct. 28 or Nov. 18. Six other executions would be set at three-week intervals to allow for potential clemency hearings, according to The Oklahoman.