Oklahoma inmate dies after execution is botched

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Oklahoma inmate dies after execution is botched

A botched execution using a disputed new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney on Tuesday, leading prison officials to halt the proceedings before the inmate's eventual death from a heart attack.

Clayton Lockett, 38, was declared unconscious 10 minutes after the first of the state's new three-drug combination was administered. Three minutes later, though, he began breathing heavily, writhing on the gurney, clenching his teeth and straining to lift his head off the pillow.

The blinds were eventually lowered to prevent those in the viewing gallery from watching what was happening in the death chamber, and the state's top prison official eventually called a halt to the proceedings, although it didn't save Lockett.

"It was a horrible thing to witness. This was totally botched," said Lockett's attorney, David Autry.

More;
www.nbc4i.com/story/25382850/okla-halts-execution-after-botching-drug-delivery

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Cruel and unusual: the new lows we hit in our thirst for blood
apublicdefender.com/2014/04/29/cruel-and-unusual-the-new-lows-we-hit-in-our-thirst-for-blood/

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New botched execution info released; Lockett was Tased, IV was in groin

Gov. Mary Fallin has just released the timeline of events leading up to Clayton Lockett’s botched execution earlier this week.

The newly released information gives much more insight into what may have gone wrong in Lockett’s execution and how it happened.
Over the course of Lockett’s last day, he was treated for a large cut on his arm, at one point officials were forced to Tase him and the timeline also shows the IV had to be started in his groin because no other veins were “suitable.”

More;
kfor.com/2014/05/01/oklahoma-gov-fallin-releases-timeline-of-events-leading-up-to-botched-execution/


TIMELINE: localtvkfor.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/5-1-14-doc-letter-re-clayton-lockett.pdf

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LETHAL INJECTION / 43 STORIES
www.nbcnews.com/storyline/lethal-injection/oklahoma-governor-says-execution-probe-will-be-independent-n93886

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Oklahoma execution exposes death penalty: Cruel but usual

www.workers.org/articles/2014/05/05/oklahoma-execution-exposes-death-penalty-cruel-usual/

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Clayton Lockett Was Tasered On The Day Of His Botched Execution
www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/01/clayton-lockett-taser-execution_n_5249690.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

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New execution protocol similar to doctor-assisted suicide recommended
www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/07/new-execution-protocol-similar-to-doctor-assisted-suicide-recommended/

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Public opinion must condemn such a botched, barbaric act
There is a protocol in the affairs of death. We are assisted in our understanding of the death protocol in Oklahoma last week by the meticulous notes kept by the Department of Corrections as it sought to execute "Offender Clayton D Lockett". Before dawn on that day, "Offender Lockett" had, of course, spent 15 years – from age 23 to 38 – anticipating a torturous demise.
Death penalty advocates tend to dismiss such suffering by focusing on what the condemned man is said to have done to his victim. We should, of course, never forget the victim; but neither should we accept the argument that a civilised society may illustrate the path to decency by emulating the ghastly act that it condemns.

According to the notes, the day began with "Offender Lockett" refusing to go voluntarily to his death. Because he was disobeying an order, "an electric shock device (Taser) was administered".

More;
www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/clayton-lockett-execution-public-opinion-must-condemn-such-a-botched-barbaric-act-9321364.html