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TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. There have been 11 executions in the United States this year, including three in Oklahoma. “In contrast, Cole willingly engaged with a neutral expert at a state-run hospital and very clearly expressed his rational understanding of his punishment,” they said. “Cole’s claim of incompetency rests on experts who have not had actual conversations with him concerning his execution,” they said. Lower courts have rejected the claims that Cole is not mentally competent and the Supreme Court denied his last-minute appeal for a stay of execution without comment.Īccording to the Oklahoma authorities, Cole identifies as a “Messianic Jew” and “his refusal to speak to certain individuals appeared to be a choice on his part” motivated by his “extreme religiosity”. “He barely communicates with prison staff or his own attorneys, going days at a time without speaking to anyone.” “(Cole) cannot manage his own basic hygiene, and crawls on the cell floor if without a wheelchair,” they said in a statement.
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