Tag: Eighth Amendment

• True Crime Blogs And Websites: Some Top Picks.

  

  So, as you’re no doubt aware, I have an interest in true crime and I ted to cover the more unusual bits and pieces. If you’re interested in the subject generally then it’s hard to avoid the plethora of websites and blogs out there that deal with it, although the tone and style of some…

  CrimeScribe

  August 18, 2014

  Odds And Ends, Press And Politics, True Crime

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• Oklahoma: The Botched Execution of Clayton Lockett

  Here’s an interesting link for the inside track on this debacle. It’s a preliminary summary from Robert Patton (Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections) to Mary Fallin (Oklahoma State Governor):   https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8bT8f-N8gQvT0liN0I3d1NIRlU/edit?pli=1     Here’s the text in full. Further comment by me is probably unnecessary:  

  CrimeScribe

  May 1, 2014

  Odds And Ends, Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

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