Fallin’s stay for Richard Glossip came about an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Glossip’s request to halt his execution. In her order, Fallin granted a 37-day stay for Glossip, saying the state needed to determine whether its use of a new drug, potassium acetate, was in compliance.
Fallin reset Glossip’s execution for Nov. 6.
Glossip has maintained his innocence in the 1997 beating death of an Oklahoma City motel owner.