Dwanna L. McKay outlines the historic injustice that was corrected by the Supreme Court.
Tag: Oklahoma
The Proud Message of Utah Phillips
It is often forgotten that the path to the Great American Middle Class was forged in large part by labor activists and social reformers during the first six decades of the last century, a struggle that left behind a proud…
Behind Oklahoma’s Ghoulish Execution
Finding a Way to Execute
From the Archive: After getting a judge’s stay reversed, Oklahoma officials pressed ahead with Clayton Lockett’s lethal injection, only to have the botched execution leave him writhing in pain before finally dying of an apparent heart attack. In March, Richard L. Fricker…