Convicted criminal Richard Glossip has been granted a stay of execution by Oklahoma’s governor due to uncertainty over the drugs to be used in the lethal injection.<br /><br /> Prison officials had received potassium acetate for use in his execution but state guidelines only list potassium chloride.<br /><br /> Glossip has been found guilty of hiring a hit man to murder a motel owner.<br /><br /> “The Governor has granted a stay of execution for Richard Eugene Glossip until next month. This will allow us time to review the current drug protocol, “ announced Director of Department of Corrections, Robert Patton.<br /><br /> Oklahoma’s drugs procedures have been under scrutiny since a flawed execution in April 2014.<br />That is when a prisoner struggled for 43 minutes before eventually dying, after an intravenous line had been improperly placed. <br /><br /> A stay of execution has been issued for #RichardGlossip by the Governor of Oklahoma<br /><br />http://t.co/CZWs5qKLt7 pic.twitter.com/RYfWLnDokn— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) September 30, 2015
