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'It was a bloody mess': Report reveals prison warden's reaction to botched Oklahoma execution
Daily Mail UK ^ | Dec 14, 2014 | Wills Robinson

Posted on 12/15/2014 8:26:21 AM PST by bkopto

A report into the botched execution of Clayton Lockett has revealed new grisly details of the moments leading up to his agonizing death.

According to the document, a doctor tried to insert an intravenous line into his groin in a frantic attempt to save him, but hit and burst an artery instead.

It caused blood to splatter over the doctor's jacket before the execution was officially stopped. Lockett's heart stopped beating moments later.

In the report, Oklahoma state prison warden Anita Trammell is quoted as saying that the procedure was a 'bloody mess'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: botchedexecution; deathpenalty; sensationalism
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To: I want the USA back

“It’s time to stop trying for a “pleasant death.””

The more “humane” and painless they try to make executions the worse they get, in the opinion of those who oppose executions. I can’t imagine it ever being pleasant. For efficiency and humane treatment for those in our society who have proven to be inhumane, we should go back to firing squads and hanging.


61 posted on 12/15/2014 9:16:46 AM PST by duffee (Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
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To: bkopto
burst an artery

Other than the needle prick, that was probably the more humane way to kill him. His rapid blood loss would cause him to lose consciousness. More blood loss would cause his heart to stop -- but he would already be unconscious.


62 posted on 12/15/2014 9:28:04 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

No Green Mile reference? I am disappointed.


63 posted on 12/15/2014 9:30:54 AM PST by Mean Daddy
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To: GIdget2004

Sorry—wasn’t thinking. I certainly could have look it up myself. Anyway—it’s a terrible story.


64 posted on 12/15/2014 9:38:59 AM PST by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: Mean Daddy

I have not watched that movie.


65 posted on 12/15/2014 9:39:44 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: Mean Daddy

No Green Mile reference? I am disappointed.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3237383/posts?page=59#59


66 posted on 12/15/2014 9:41:30 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: bkopto
A report into the botched execution of Clayton Lockett has revealed new grisly details of the moments leading up to his agonizing death.
According to the document, a doctor tried to insert an intravenous line into his groin in a frantic attempt to save him, but hit and burst an artery instead.

Someone here is a little unclear on the concept. Maybe it's just me, but I don't think so.

The execution is only botched if the sub-human defective unit is still alive.

68 posted on 12/15/2014 9:47:41 AM PST by meadsjn
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To: Texas Eagle

No botched executions with firing squad........


69 posted on 12/15/2014 9:49:48 AM PST by Stayfree (IThe White House Commie is no longer a bad joke, he is now public enemy #1)
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To: TomGuy
burst an artery

Why burst a pipe when the pump (heart) is still active? Burst the pump and shut er down fast.

70 posted on 12/15/2014 9:51:21 AM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: bkopto

In a just world the monster would have been tortured his last few hours on earth then thrown to a pack of starving dogs....

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/friends-victim-zero-sympathy-clayton-lockett-inmate-botched-okla-execution-article-1.1777463

From LINK:

“Clayton Lockett, the Oklahoma death row inmate who writhed and groaned during his execution Tuesday, a sentence he received for shooting and burying alive the 19-year-old young woman some 15 years ago.”

“Stephanie was beat up, she was shot, she was thrown in a grave when she was still alive,”


71 posted on 12/15/2014 10:11:16 AM PST by GOPJ (Lieawatha/Obama - Obama for the tint on his skin. Lieawatha for what's between her legs...)
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To: bkopto

Why would anyone care about this monster? Are you a crazy liberal? Sitting in a prison? Nuts?


72 posted on 12/15/2014 10:12:19 AM PST by GOPJ (Lieawatha/Obama - Obama for the tint on his skin. Lieawatha for what's between her legs...)
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To: sakic

Isn’t it though.


73 posted on 12/15/2014 10:57:08 AM PST by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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To: tflabo

Half of the squad aims for the head; the other half for the heart. Fire simultaneously, done in 1500 ms.


74 posted on 12/15/2014 12:03:30 PM PST by __rvx86 (minority. conservative.)
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To: bkopto

Put the “bloody mess” to good use. Put the criminal under and drain all the blood. Then remove all transplantable organs, some skin for grafting, the corneas, whatever is useful. Send what’s left to be buried or cremated.


75 posted on 12/15/2014 1:13:48 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: a fool in paradise
Isn't there some other shot (short of a bullet) you could give him to put him out of his misery?

Ice pick, up the nose and into the brain.

76 posted on 12/15/2014 1:17:23 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: bkopto

I can’t decide if I care less about this incident or weatherboarding goat f-ers for intel....


77 posted on 12/15/2014 1:24:38 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: bkopto

It was a bloody mess? Well, so was the crime scene where he killed his victim.


78 posted on 12/16/2014 12:48:10 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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