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OKLAHOMA INMATE DIES AFTER EXECUTION IS BOTCHED
AP ^ | April 29, 2014 | BAILEY ELISE McBRIDE and SEAN MURPHY

Posted on 04/29/2014 7:03:25 PM PDT by lbryce

An Oklahoma inmate whose execution was halted Tuesday because the delivery of a new drug combination was botched died of a heart attack, the head of 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 had been vein failure.

The execution began at 6:23 p.m. when officials began administering the first drug, and a doctor declared Lockett to be unconscious at 6:33 p.m.

About three minutes later, though, Lockett began breathing heavily, writhing on the gurney, clenching his teeth and straining to lift his head off the pillow. After about three minutes, a doctor lifted the sheet that was covering Lockett to examine the injection site.

"There was some concern at that time that the drugs were not having that (desired) effect, and the doctor observed the line at that time and determined the line had blown," Patton said at a news conference afterward, referring to Lockett's vein rupturing.

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News
KEYWORDS: botchedexecution; death; deathpenalty; druginjection; execution
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To: A_perfect_lady
A perfect lady...with a nasty side!!

Kinda like that!!

101 posted on 04/29/2014 8:24:44 PM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: Charles Martel
You're on to something there. How about a Mach 6 electromagnetic railgun projectile? It would be like my size 12 boot squashing an ant. SPLAT!


102 posted on 04/29/2014 8:25:31 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: MHGinTN

Wouldn’t take that long............


103 posted on 04/29/2014 8:26:03 PM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: jonno
It seems to me that we’re creating a very complex process out of something that is rather commonplace & simple.

Yes.

Am I missing something?

Liberals are involved.

So something that can be done simply and cleanly is being made into a huge complicated process with high chances of something not working as it should.

You know, like every other thing that liberals stick their mitts into.

104 posted on 04/29/2014 8:29:14 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Osage Orange

But the vermin would be aware for a fair amount of the trip.


105 posted on 04/29/2014 8:37:12 PM PDT by MHGinTN
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To: Pontiac
The most common botched hanging resulted in a decapitation.

Reportedly, that's how Saddam's half-brother became two quarter-brothers.

106 posted on 04/29/2014 8:40:59 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: lbryce
From my view the execution was a success.
107 posted on 04/29/2014 8:45:49 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: lbryce


108 posted on 04/29/2014 9:03:23 PM PDT by QT3.14
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To: lbryce

Botched? He’s dead, right? That’s the end game of an execution, AP.


109 posted on 04/29/2014 9:07:44 PM PDT by jughandle ( "We have the right to debate and disagree with any administration!" -HRC)
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To: MHGinTN

True dat............


110 posted on 04/29/2014 9:09:22 PM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: NittanyLion

You put it much more nicely than I might have... but.. as you concluded, yeah!!!


111 posted on 04/29/2014 9:23:04 PM PDT by Postman (I'm thinking. I'm thinking!!)
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To: jonno
Horses?
112 posted on 04/29/2014 9:24:51 PM PDT by QT3.14
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To: lbryce
"There was some concern at that time that the drugs were not having that (desired) effect,

Well, he is DEAD. No problem in my books. I don't care if he "suffered" a bit.

113 posted on 04/29/2014 9:25:28 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: Bobalu

Wellthen, thank God you’re not the Governor


114 posted on 04/29/2014 9:25:56 PM PDT by Postman (I'm thinking. I'm thinking!!)
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To: MediaMole
...but if you’re going to use drugs, why not an opiate overdose?

Exactly...the same barbiturate dose they give for assisted suicides in Europe...works quite well. Perp would just go to sleep--might take a little longer, but works every time.
115 posted on 04/29/2014 9:32:05 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: lbryce

Doesn’t sound like a failure to me. But why do we need fancy cocktails? How about a good ol’ fashioned morphine overdose? Send ‘em off with a smile.


116 posted on 04/29/2014 10:10:03 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Use the same drug used to kill dogs at the pound. My sister had to put her dog down due to an injury. She said her dog died immediately.

Personally I say can just burn the sob’s. Kill all of them where the proof is absolute.


117 posted on 04/29/2014 10:11:25 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: lbryce

He wasn’t concerned about the suffering of his victim.


118 posted on 04/29/2014 10:30:36 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: lbryce

It wasn’t botched, HE’S DEAD!!!!


119 posted on 04/29/2014 10:46:02 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: Secret Agent Man

That’s a cattle bolt gun or precisely a captive bolt device.....nightmare for slaughterhouse bound bovines....the movie was No Country For Old Men

Fargo was wood chipper....they work...a mite messy and painful

Both are Coen brothers flicks.....dry and well done

Its easy to knock someone out with versed or prophynol

The potassium overdose easy.....or helium incubator

How they screw this shit up shows how poorly govt runs any healthcare

In reality....gulliotine...gruesome but fail proof


120 posted on 04/29/2014 10:53:03 PM PDT by wardaddy (we will not take back our way of life through peaceful means.....i have 5 kids....i fear for them)
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