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    DA seeks competency trial against death row inmate

    By Derrick James
    The Norman Transcript

    A southeastern Oklahoma district attorney filed a petition asking for a competency inquiry of a death row inmate days after a state appellate court ruled to uphold a judge’s ruling in the matter.

    District 18 District Attorney Chuck Sullivan filed the petition last week asking for a competency inquiry of Wade Greeley Lay, who was originally scheduled to be the first inmate executed this year in America on Jan. 6 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester before a judge ordered a competency hearing first.

    The petition asks for the court to “at once” summon and impanel a jury to inquire into the competency of Lay and attached a letter dated March 15 from Oklahoma State Penitentiary Warden Jim Farris.

    “Pursuant to 22 O.S. § 1005 and the enclosed documents, The Honorable Tim Mills has determined that I have good cause to call to your attention that inmate Wade Lay #516236, who is under a judgement of death, may have become insane,” Farris wrote in the letter.

    Lay was convicted in the 2004 shooting death of Tulsa-area bank security guard Kenneth Anderson.

    The Oklahoma Court of Appeals ruled March 11 to uphold District 18 Associate District Judge Tim Mills’ December 2021 ruling that “there is good reason to believe” Lay is not competent to be executed.

    Mills also ruled that Farris “abused his discretion in failing to call such fact to the attention of the District Attorney of Pittsburg County” and ordered the warden to notify the DA whose office “must immediately file” a petition stating Lay’s conviction, judgment, and that his sanity is in question.

    Lay’s attorneys said they contacted Farris about the inmate’s mental health in October 2021 after a doctor concluded in September 2021 he “is not competent for execution.” The attorneys followed up a week later stating if a response was not received in regard to Farris initiating a competency proceeding, then attorneys would seek “judicial remedy.”

    Oklahoma law states that if a warden has good reason to believe that a defendant sentenced to death “has become insane” then the warden must inform the district attorney where the inmate is situated and ask that the sanity of the inmate be examined with the court “at once” calling and impaneling a jury of 12 people.

    Attorneys for the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office argued for the Appeals Court to prohibit the order contending Mills “abused his discretion” when he ordered Farris to initiate the process in asking for a competency hearing and staying the execution of Lay in order for the proceedings to be held.

    The AG’s office stated Lay was found competent to stand trial by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals with the decision affirmed by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

    OCCA ruled that Mills weighed the evidence presented to him when he decided that “Lay had met his burden of showing ‘good reason’ to believe he is incompetent to be executed.”

    https://www.normantranscript.com/new...35d17a4d6.html
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    Death row inmate's competency trial scheduled for 2023

    By Derrick James
    McAlester News Captial

    A competency trial for an Oklahoma death row inmate is scheduled to begin next year.

    Wade Lay was set to be the first inmate executed in America in 2022 before a southeast Oklahoma district judge ordered a stay in December 2021.

    District 18 Associate District Judge Tim Mills recently approved a scheduling order Lay’s attorneys and prosecutors agreed upon. The judge’s order states the trial “to determine the question of mental competency for execution pursuant to Title 22, Oklahoma Statutes §1005 is set for the court’s May 2023 jury trial docket.”

    The trial date comes more than two months after District 18 District Attorney Chuck Sullivan filed a petition asking for a competency inquiry of Lay — who was originally scheduled to be the first inmate executed this year in America on Jan. 6 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

    Lay was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2004 shooting death of Tulsa-area bank security guard Kenneth Anderson.

    Mills stated in his December 2021 ruling that “there is good reason to believe” Lay is not competent to be executed.

    The judge also ruled that Oklahoma State Penitentiary Warden Jim Farris “abused his discretion in failing to call such fact to the attention of the District Attorney of Pittsburg County” and ordered the warden to notify the DA whose office “must immediately file” a petition stating Lay’s conviction, judgment, and that his sanity is in question.

    Attorneys for Lay said they contacted Farris about the inmate’s mental health in October 2021 after a doctor concluded in September 2021, he “is not competent for execution.” The attorneys followed up a week later stating if a response was not received in regard to Farris initiating a competency proceeding, then attorneys would seek “judicial remedy.”

    Oklahoma law states that if a warden has good reason to believe that a defendant sentenced to death “has become insane” then the warden must inform the district attorney where the inmate is situated and ask that the sanity of the inmate be examined with the court “at once” calling and impaneling a jury of 12 people.

    The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals upheld Mills’ order in March after the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office appealed the ruling.

    Attorneys for the AG argued for the Appeals Court to prohibit the order contending Mills “abused his discretion” when he ordered Farris to initiate the process in asking for a competency hearing and staying the execution of Lay in order for the proceedings to be held.

    The AG’s office stated Lay was found competent to stand trial by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals with the decision affirmed by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

    OCCA ruled that Mills weighed the evidence presented to him when he decided that “Lay had met his burden of showing ‘good reason’ to believe he is incompetent to be executed.”

    https://www.mcalesternews.com/death-...9295ff234.html
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    Wade Lay's execution date has been set for August 3rd, 2023.

    https://documents.deathpenaltyinfo.o...2022-07-01.pdf

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    Oklahoma AG asking for delay in executions

    By K. Querry-Thompson
    KFOR

    Just days after taking office, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a motion to delay several executions in the state.

    Drummond filed a motion with the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, requesting that seven impending executions be conducted with more time between each event.

    He says the current schedule is putting pressure on understaffed DOC employees.

    “I was honored to spend time with these outstanding men and women who work every month to carry out the State’s highest punishment and deliver justice to the families of victims,” Drummond said. “I observed their respect for the solemnity of their duty. I saw their regard for the family and loved ones of victims. Oklahoma is fortunate to have dedicated public servants who are willing to train for and carry out a task of such gravity.”

    Oklahoma has had four executions over nearly five months and 21 others are pending.

    “As is to be expected, DOC leadership and personnel have continuously sought to learn and improve during the process,” states the Jan. 17 filing. “One aspect that has become clear over time is that the current pace of executions is unsustainable in the long run, as it is unduly burdening the DOC and its personnel. This is especially true given the extensive and intensive nature of the training DOC personnel undergo to prepare for each execution.”

    If granted, the request would delay the executions for Richard Glossip, Jermaine Cannon, Anthony Sanchez, Phillip Hancock, James Ryder, Michael Smith, and Wade Lay.

    The executions would be pushed back by 60 days.

    Before filing the motion, Drummond says he visited with family members of the victims of the inmates to explain the reason for the request.

    “I do not take lightly this request,” Drummond said. “These families have waited many years to see justice done, and I am grateful for their understanding in this matter.

    https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-ag-as...in-executions/
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    Execution date rescheduled for June 6, 2024.

    https://documents.deathpenaltyinfo.o...2023-01-24.pdf

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    Cuesta-Rodriguez is scheduled for the same day. Wonder what they’ll do with that one?
    Violence and death seem to be the only answers that some people understand.

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    Oklahoma has done double executions in the past.
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    His date isn’t going to hold they are going the way of the Ohio Ted. The attorney general wanted more time for executions. So Rodriguez will now be executed in 2026. The 7 that were reset will now have all these others reset.

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    10.00am and 12.00pm in their respective times if a double execution is to occur.
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    In the filing the state very cleary states "Additional execution dates will be set at a later time."

    So no there won't be two executions. All execution dates currently not listed in the order are withdrawn/stayed until new warrants are requested.
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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