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Ryan Fahey

Death row inmate set to be executed for killing co-worker over £42 cocaine

A death row inmate will die in two days if he's not granted clemency by the state's governor.

James Coddington was sentenced to death, which is carried out by lethal injection in Oklahoma, after being found guilty of the 1997 killing of Albert Hale.

Coddington, who was reportedly experiencing drug-induced psychosis at the time, slaughtered his pal after he refused to stump up £42 ($50) to help him feed his habit.

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