Oklahoma executions set to resume in August

  • On days when the state executes an inmate, barricades block access to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. A guard is seen walking near one of the barricades a few hours before the state executed Gilbert Postelle on Feb. 17, 2022
    On days when the state executes an inmate, barricades block access to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. A guard is seen walking near one of the barricades a few hours before the state executed Gilbert Postelle on Feb. 17, 2022
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    States and the federal government carried out 11 executions in 2021, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.