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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.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News
KEYWORDS: botchedexecution; death; deathpenalty; druginjection; execution
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To: doc1019

Ever listen to Ken’s radio show? He played the toilet flush audio when there was an execution the day before. As a Memorial.


61 posted on 04/29/2014 7:56:12 PM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Beheading works for me, too. Bring back the guillotine...it’s almost impossible to botch that.


62 posted on 04/29/2014 7:56:48 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: andyk

Uh, I never claimed to be a genius but isn’t the whole purpose of an execution to kill somebody? Does it really matter how they get dead?


63 posted on 04/29/2014 7:58:56 PM PDT by jmacusa
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To: sitetest

Yes. Just bring back hanging.

So Constitutional, they even used to conduct hangings right on the US Capitol grounds.


64 posted on 04/29/2014 7:59:05 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: X-spurt

A fitting memorial, IMHO. LOL!


65 posted on 04/29/2014 8:00:00 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: lbryce

Bring back the firing squad. I do think that the death penalty should be reserved for very special folks though - and we know who those are!


66 posted on 04/29/2014 8:01:09 PM PDT by Deagle (ues)
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To: lbryce
one to cause the lungs to stop breathing...

Well that's total BS...

Just saying...!!!

67 posted on 04/29/2014 8:01:52 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: Tijeras_Slim

G-d wanted him dead one way or other - Hell awaits.


68 posted on 04/29/2014 8:03:00 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice. And Pay Your Liberty Tax Citizen.)
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To: lbryce
... a little intense suffering while laying there paralyzed and no way to let anyone know is still not nearly enough for the rape/murder of a mother and two children.

Works for me.

69 posted on 04/29/2014 8:03:08 PM PDT by OldPossum ("It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is"; think about ITS implications.)
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To: posterchild

SNL did a Gary Gilmore thing that was one of the funniest things I ever saw.

IIRC it was a Christmas Carol about him.

.


70 posted on 04/29/2014 8:03:33 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Bobalu

There was another botched execution at BIG MAC. A local man committed two murders over in the edge of Oklahoma.

He was sentenced to die, but they completely forgot about him till several months after the execution date had passed. So they sentenced him to Life. His victims got no such reprieve.


71 posted on 04/29/2014 8:04:01 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: lbryce
Rope or bullets would work pretty well....
72 posted on 04/29/2014 8:04:08 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: lbryce

Was his name Eduar de Lacroix, and was there a mouse named Mr. Jingles involved? Or perhaps a Law Abiding Citizen hacked into the server and put something in more…….deliberative?


73 posted on 04/29/2014 8:05:13 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: posterchild
Gary Gilmore doesn’t want to hear it.

i was a child when he was executed... did he choose his method of execution? i seem to recall that he chose firing squad over hanging--which seemed to me to be the more efficient of the two...

74 posted on 04/29/2014 8:05:21 PM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Bring back the guillotine...it’s almost impossible to botch that.

I dig the simplicity and reliable operation, but the engineer in me thinks the design needs an update. Maybe something with electromagnets or high-powered lasers.

75 posted on 04/29/2014 8:05:22 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: outofsalt

He’s lucky I wasn’t in charge of his fate. I have a real nasty side.


76 posted on 04/29/2014 8:05:41 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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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. Am I missing something?

Yes.

A government is trying to do it.

77 posted on 04/29/2014 8:05:51 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Bobalu

Whatever.............


78 posted on 04/29/2014 8:06:09 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: outofsalt

So he killed the girl but let the raped girl and burnt survive? This guy and his two pals should have been executed just for blatant stupidity!


79 posted on 04/29/2014 8:07:54 PM PDT by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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To: lbryce

80 posted on 04/29/2014 8:08:31 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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