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This is just sickening to me. I don't care if they death row inmate did do something so horrible to grant the death penalty. We are much better than this, and this is just extremely cruel. It appears they terribly botched another execution while the inmate struggled to sit up, mumbled something is wrong, writhed, twitched, groaned. They finally stopped the execution so they say, but he finally died 30 minutes later of a massive heart attack. The witnesses were horrified.
A bullet to the head and chest would have been a much quicker death than this.
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Clayton Lockett's execution was slated to begin at 6:00 p.m.
At 6:37 Clayton Lockett was not unconscious and said "something is wrong".
Clayton Lockett convulsed several times, his chest and head rising off the gurney at multiple points. Inmate 'struggled violently, groaned and writhed', witnesses said.
Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections closed the blinds on Clayton Lockett at 6:39 after inmate started moving and talking.
Clayton Lockett's execution was suspended. His status is unknown right now.
Execution of Clayton Lockett failed. Execution of Charles Warner stayed by Corrections director Robert Patton.
BREAKING
Clayton Lockett died inside the execution chamber at 7:06 pm of a massive heart attack according to DOC officials.
Oklahoma halts execution after botching delivery of new drug combination, postpones 2nd execution slated for tonight.
Oklahoma postpones second execution after first is botched
Execution of Clayton Lockett halted after 20 minutes as state uses untested drug cocktail, but inmate dies soon afterwards
The execution of convicted murderer Clayton Lockett was halted nearly 20 minutes after it began, but he later died of a heart attack inside the execution chamber at the Oklahoma state penitentiary. For three minutes after the first drugs were delivered, he struggled violently, groaned and writhed, lifting his shoulders and head from the gurney before the blinds to the room were lowered 16 minutes after the execution began.
McALESTER, Okla. What was supposed to be the first of two executions here Tuesday night was halted when the prisoner, Clayton D. Lockett, began to twitch and gasp after he had already been declared unconscious and called out man and somethings wrong, according to witnesses.
The administering doctor intervened and discovered that the line had blown, said the director of corrections, Robert Patton, meaning that drugs were no longer flowing into his vein.
At 7:06 p.m., Mr. Patton said, Mr. Lockett died of a heart attack.
Mr. Patton said he had requested a stay of 14 days in the second execution scheduled for Tuesday night, of Charles F. Warner.
It was a chaotic and disastrous step in Oklahomas long effort to execute the two men, overcoming their objections that the state would not disclose the source of the drugs being used in a newly tried combination.
It did not appear that any of the drugs themselves failed, but rather the method of administration, but it resulted in what witnesses called an agonizing scene.
This was botched, and it was difficult to watch, said David Autry, one of Mr. Locketts lawyers.
A doctor started to administer the first drug, a sedative intended to knock the man out, at 6:23. Ten minutes later, the doctor said that Mr. Lockett was unconscious, and started to administer the next two drugs, a paralytic and one intended to make the heart stop.
At that point, witnesses said, things began to go awry. Mr. Locketts body moved, his foot shook, and he mumbled, witnesses said.
At 6:37, he tried to rise and exhaled loudly. At that point, prison officials pulled a curtain in front of the witnesses and the doctor discovered a vein failure, Mr. Patton said.
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A bullet to the head and chest would have been a much quicker death than this.
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Clayton Lockett's execution was slated to begin at 6:00 p.m.
At 6:37 Clayton Lockett was not unconscious and said "something is wrong".
Clayton Lockett convulsed several times, his chest and head rising off the gurney at multiple points. Inmate 'struggled violently, groaned and writhed', witnesses said.
Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections closed the blinds on Clayton Lockett at 6:39 after inmate started moving and talking.
Clayton Lockett's execution was suspended. His status is unknown right now.
Execution of Clayton Lockett failed. Execution of Charles Warner stayed by Corrections director Robert Patton.
BREAKING
Clayton Lockett died inside the execution chamber at 7:06 pm of a massive heart attack according to DOC officials.
Oklahoma halts execution after botching delivery of new drug combination, postpones 2nd execution slated for tonight.
Oklahoma postpones second execution after first is botched
Execution of Clayton Lockett halted after 20 minutes as state uses untested drug cocktail, but inmate dies soon afterwards
The execution of convicted murderer Clayton Lockett was halted nearly 20 minutes after it began, but he later died of a heart attack inside the execution chamber at the Oklahoma state penitentiary. For three minutes after the first drugs were delivered, he struggled violently, groaned and writhed, lifting his shoulders and head from the gurney before the blinds to the room were lowered 16 minutes after the execution began.
McALESTER, Okla. What was supposed to be the first of two executions here Tuesday night was halted when the prisoner, Clayton D. Lockett, began to twitch and gasp after he had already been declared unconscious and called out man and somethings wrong, according to witnesses.
The administering doctor intervened and discovered that the line had blown, said the director of corrections, Robert Patton, meaning that drugs were no longer flowing into his vein.
At 7:06 p.m., Mr. Patton said, Mr. Lockett died of a heart attack.
Mr. Patton said he had requested a stay of 14 days in the second execution scheduled for Tuesday night, of Charles F. Warner.
It was a chaotic and disastrous step in Oklahomas long effort to execute the two men, overcoming their objections that the state would not disclose the source of the drugs being used in a newly tried combination.
It did not appear that any of the drugs themselves failed, but rather the method of administration, but it resulted in what witnesses called an agonizing scene.
This was botched, and it was difficult to watch, said David Autry, one of Mr. Locketts lawyers.
A doctor started to administer the first drug, a sedative intended to knock the man out, at 6:23. Ten minutes later, the doctor said that Mr. Lockett was unconscious, and started to administer the next two drugs, a paralytic and one intended to make the heart stop.
At that point, witnesses said, things began to go awry. Mr. Locketts body moved, his foot shook, and he mumbled, witnesses said.
At 6:37, he tried to rise and exhaled loudly. At that point, prison officials pulled a curtain in front of the witnesses and the doctor discovered a vein failure, Mr. Patton said.
Blog site article with news clip