article_snippet.sent: In a statement issued as the bill was signed, Fallin, a Republican, said: 'Oklahoma executes murderers whose crimes are especially heinous. '
article_snippet.sent: I support that policy, and I believe capital punishment must be performed effectively and without cruelty.
article_snippet.sent: The bill I signed today gives the state of Oklahoma another death penalty option that meets that standard.'
article_snippet.sent: The bill authored by Republican Rep. Mike Christian and Republican Sen. Anthony Sykes had passed the state House on an 85-10 vote and cleared the Senate on a 41-0 vote.
article_snippet.sent: Adam Leathers, spokesman for the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, released a statement blasting the new law. '