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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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RICHARD EUGENE GLOSSIP,
JOHN MARION GRANT, and
BENJAMIN COLE,

Appellants, Case Nos. (Glossip)




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(Grant)




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vs. (Cole)

STATE OF OKLAHOMA,
Appellee.

NOTICE AND REQUEST
FOR STAY OF EXECUTION DATES

COMES NOW E. Scott Pruitt, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma,
and provides the Court the following notice regarding scheduled execution dates
in the above?styled and numbered cases.

The following execution dates are currently scheduled: October 7, 2015 
execution of Benjamin Cole; October28, 2015 execution of John Marion Grant;
and November 6, 2015 Richard Eugene Glossip. With the exception of the
execution date for Glossip, these dates were scheduled by this Court after the
Supreme Court issued its opinion in Glossip v. Gross, 135 S. Ct. 2726,
2736, 192 L. Ed. 2d 761 (2015), ?nding the method of execution used by the State
of Oklahoma constitutional. On September 30, 2O 1 5, Governor Mary Fallin issued
an Executive Order 2015?42 rescheduling Glossip?s execution due to the
Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) receiving potassium acetate rather

than potassium chloride, the third drug to be utilized in the execution protocol.

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Due to the events of September 30, 2015, and the imminence of the above?
referenced executions, the Of?ce of the Attorney General needs time to evaluate
the events that transpired on September 30, 2015, acquisition of a drug
contrary to protocol, and internal procedures relative to the protocol. The
State has a strongi interest in ensuring that the execution protocol is strictly
followed. Therefore, the Office of the Attorney General requests that all three
executions be stayed inde?nitely.

The above considered, the Of?ce of the Attorney General respectfully
requests this Court stay the execution dates for the above listed inmates. I

Respectfully submitted,

E. SCOTT PRUITT
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OKLAHOMA

 

313 NE. 21St Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73 105
(405) 521?3921

(405) 522?4534 Fax

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE

CERTIFICATE OF MAILING

On this 1st day of October, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing
was mailed to:

Mark Henricksen
Henricks?en 81; Henricksen
Lawyers Inc.
600 N. Walker, Suite 201
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Counsel for Richard Eugene Glossip

Kathleen Lord

Lord Law Firm, LLC

1544 Race Street

Denver, CO 80206

Counsel for Richard Eugene Glossip

Mark Olive

320 W. Jefferson St.

Tallahassee, FL 32301

Counsel for Richard Eugene Glossip

Donald R. Knight -

7852 S. Elati St., Suite 201
Littleton, CO 80120

Counsel for Richard Eugene Glossip

Thomas D. Hird

Sarah ernigan

Federal Public Defender?s Office
215 Dean A. McGee, Suite 109
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Counsel for John Marion Grant

Michael W. Lieberman

Thomas D. Hird

Susan M. Otto

Federal Public Defender?s Of?ce
215 Dean A. McGee, Suite 109
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Counsel for Benjamin Robert Cole

Mam

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