Man Dies of Heart Attack After Botched Execution
One more reason to be embarrassed by Oklahoma......... God I hate Mary Fallin
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An Oklahoma inmate whose execution was halted Tuesday because the delivery of a new drug combination was botched died of a heart attack, the state Department of Corrections said.
Director Robert Patton said inmate Clayton Lockett died Tuesday after all three drugs were administered.
Patton halted Lockett's execution about 20 minutes after the first drug was administered. He said there was a vein failure.
Lockett was writhing on the gurney and shaking uncontrollably.
The planned execution later Tuesday of a second inmate was postponed.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/oklahoma-prepares-execution-inmates-23510375
Tulsa World has a better article but may be behind a paywall.
Lockett was given execution drugs and reacted violently, kicking and grimacing while lifting his head off the gurney to which he was strapped. He was pronounced dead at 7:06 p.m. -- 43 minutes after the process began -- Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton said.
In a media conference, Patton said Lockett's veins "exploded" during the execution, which began at 6:23 p.m. Patton said the inmate died from a massive heart attack.
Convicted killer Charles Warner was scheduled to be executed at 8 p.m. Patton said he notified the governor's office and the attorney general's office about the events and asked for a 14-day delay of Warner's execution, which was scheduled for 8 p.m.
The executions were to be the first in Oklahoma using a new three-drug cocktail of vecuronium bromide, midazolam and potassium chloride.
Sixteen minutes after Lockett's execution began, a Department of Corrections representative told the media and other observers viewing the death chamber: “We’re going to close the blinds temporarily.”
DOC director Robert Patton left the room for several minutes and was on the phone. He returned to the room and said: “We’ve had a vein failure in which the chemicals did not make it into the offender. Under my authority, we’re issuing a stay for the second execution.”
In a media conference later, Patton said Lockett was sedated about seven minutes into the execution. He said the second and third drugs were being administered when the doctor observed a problem. "It was my decision at that time to stop the execution," Patton said.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state/execution-for-one-inmate-botched-stayed-for-another/article_80cc060a-cff2-11e3-967c-0017a43b2370.html?_dc=175307280384.00412
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