Something’s wrong': Death row inmate dies of heart attack as Oklahoma officials botch execution
Clayton Lockett was writhing on the gurney and shaking uncontrollably after he received 20 minutes of the three-drug cocktail. He later died of a heart attack, officials said. A second planned execution was stayed.
APClayton Lockett was writhing in agony for more than 40 minutes after being given a lethal injection at Oklahoma prison.
An Oklahoma execution went horrifically wrong after officials say the inmate’s vein “blew,” ruining the drugs effectiveness and causing the man to die of a massive heart attack after 40 minutes of agony.
Clayton Lockett began to convulse and mumble before he sat up on the gurney and said “something’s wrong” about 15 minutes after the execution at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary began
An Associated Press reporter noted Lockett was “breathing heavily, writhing on the gurney, clenching his teeth and straining to lift his head off the pillow." Reports also indicate he uttered "oh, man."
Prison officials closed the blinds minutes later before announcing the doomed inmate died of a mssive heart attack at 7:06 p.m. — 43 minutes after the drugs first began to course through his system.
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Clayton Lockett died 40 minutes after the first execution drug took hold.
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Charles Warner's execution was postponed after the Lockett incident.
"It was extremely difficult to watch," the man's attorney, David Autry, said afterward.
A second inmate, Charles Warner, was scheduled to die two hours later Tuesday night. His execution was ordered delayed 14 days, until May 13, after the mishap with Lockett’s death, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin wrote in a statement.
"I have asked the Department of Corrections to conduct a full review of Oklahoma's execution procedures to determine what happened and why during this evening's execution of Clayton Derrell Lockett," Fallin said.
Clayton Lockett dies after botched execution
A botched execution left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney Tuesday, leading prison officials to halt the proceedings before the inmate's...
The two men had sued the state for not revealing details of the drugs used in the execution. The three-drug cocktail was being used for the first time in Oklahoma.
The state Supreme Court at first issued a stay of execution before dissolving the order and allowing the executions to go forward Tuesday evening.
Clayton Lockett was sentenced to death row for shooting Stephanie Neiman (pictured) and watching as his friends buried her alive.
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