article_snippet.sent: CNN affiliate KFOR says CNN affiliate KFOR's never been used in an execution in the United States.
article_snippet.sent: In other words, a humane, quick and painless death," said Rep. Mike Christian, one of the bill's authors, according to CNN affiliate KFOR.
article_snippet.sent: Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told the Washington Post that the same "painless" argument had been used to advance the use of lethal injections.
article_snippet.sent: Fallin reaffirmed Fallin support for the death penalty.
article_snippet.sent: I support that policy, and I believe capital punishment must be performed effectively and without cruelty.
article_snippet.sent: The governor's office said the first alternative for execution is lethal injection, followed by nitrogen gas, the electric chair and the firing squad.