A spokesman for Oklahoma's governor says she could issue a temporary stay of the lethal injection of two inmates scheduled for this month, after a drug mix-up by prison officials forced her to delay an execution that was supposed to take place this week.
Alex Weintz said Thursday that Gov. Mary Fallin hasn't yet issued a stay for the scheduled executions of Benjamin Cole on Oct. 7 and John Grant on Oct. 28.
Weintz admitted those executions might not go forward given that the Department of Corrections received potassium acetate instead of potassium chloride for Richard Gossip's execution, which had been scheduled for Wednesday.
Potassium acetate is not an authorized drug in Oklahoma's execution protocols.
Fallin has delayed Glossip's execution until Nov. 6. She can issue execution stays for up to 60 days.