Posted on 04/29/2014 6:30:41 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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 “something’s 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.
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Because the left want them to kill more.
Isn't that a pretty old weapon? Or are THEIR flamethrowers something special...or are you quizzing me? :o)
The crimes were ghastly.
The death penalty turned ghastly is unacceptable in a civilized society.
The death inducing drugs have become highly and obviously suspect for some time.
Fix the damn things or cut it out until you can deliver the goods with a measure of mercy. We are not the dog pound. Animals receive better than humans. Salivating for human or animal suffering is degrading to all mankind.
I hope it was painful for him. The crime he and the other are charged with are beyond the pale.
Nah, the GUILLOTINE: heads roll and there is NO coming back from that. It's quick, surefire, reusable and easy to clean.
It fits into a bowling bag too, in case...never mind.
Hanging works first time, every time, and rope is cheap.
11 months old. How sick is that It makes me ill and they are worried that the drug may be cruel what the heck is wrong with people.
It would be a green job if the rope is re-usable.
I can. A young woman raped, shot in the head and buried alive or an 11 month old girl raped and murdered. Those are ghoulish. Comparatively a heart attack is humane.
Probably old. But they make a statement!
he died, I’d call that a success.
Hal: [after Del’s execution] WHAT IN THE BLUE F*** WAS THAT? There’s puke all over the floor up there. And that smell! I had Van Hayes open both doors but that smell’s not going out for five damn years that’s what I’m bettin’. And that a**hole, Wharton, is singing about it. You can hear him up there!
Paul Edgecomb: Can he carry a tune?
Hal: [wry chuckle] Okay, boys, what in the hell happened?
Paul Edgecomb: An execution. A successful one.
Hal: How in the name of Christ can you call that a success?
Paul Edgecomb: Eduard Delacroix is dead.
Well except the crime he commited
Incompetence, gutless cowards, and traitors in our judicial system has brought about the current debauchery of justice.
“This is a ghoulish thread.
I cannot imagine anything more grotesque.”
Hey,,I got something, how about what Stephanie Neiman experienced? Beaten, hands taped, driven to a field, raped, watching as a hole (her grave) was dug. Shot but survived,, shotgun jammed. She lays moaning in that hole as this guy takes his time and clears the shotgun. He goes back over and shoots her again, finishing her off.
That’s kinda more grotesque if you really think about it.
Warm up Old Sparky and fry the maggots.
Is government now so incompetent that it cannot even properly execute a prisoner? Has it really come to this?
Or a firing squad. Bullets have got to be cheaper than all this drama.
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