Nadia Leon
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Democracy Now #10
April 30th: This episode of democracy now included and interesting story on the execution of an inmate in Oklahoma. The name of the inmate was Clayton Lockett was injected with lethal drugs that had not been tested. Due to them not being tested this prolonged his death and also made it that much more painful. He suffered more than was necessary, 13 minutes into the execution it was discovered that Lockett was still alive and breathing. The combination of the drugs did not work due to a ruptured vein that did not allow the drugs to flow. He ultimately died 30 minutes later of a heart attack. At this time, the drugs were able to spread throughout his whole body. Another inmate was scheduled to be executed but, following the botched execution of Lockett; his execution was postponed for 14 days. The secrecy of the execution drugs had previously been questioned but due to the reverse of the decision in the case, it was not pursued. Donald Sterling, owner of the NBA Los Angeles Clippers was banned for life from the NBA, and anything associated to the Clippers. He was banned because a tape leaked out where Sterling's hatred towards African Americans was evident. He was recorded making many racial remarks. The tape was recorded and leaked by his girlfriend. Not only has he been banned from the NBA, he is also being urged to sell the team. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver states that he will do everything in his power to make sure this happens. NBA players were willing to boycott playoff games until something was done about this. They refused to participate in the games until something was done. Roger Mason Jr., one of the players, stated that the players as a group are happy that he has been banned, but that they are not yet content. They will be content once Sterling is forced to sell the team.
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