Botched Oklahoma execution leaves inmate writhing on gurney

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Botched Oklahoma execution leaves inmate writhing on gurney

- State calls off second execution after failure of first.
- Untested cocktail of drugs fails to kill Clayton Lockett.
- Execution halted after 16 minutes, inmate dies later.

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That's fucked up. Just give him a bottle of zanax and some booze. At least hell enjoy himself

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Botched Oklahoma execution "fell short of humane standards" – White House

ACLU condemns "science experiment" after Clayton Lockett is left groaning and writhing on the gurney before dying of heart attack.

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Clayton Lockett writhed and groaned. After 43 minutes, he was declared dead.

The Guardian's Katie Fretland was at Oklahoma state penitentiary to witness the state's first double execution since 1937. It soon became clear the procedure had been botched.

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Arizona killer Joseph Wood dies almost two hours after execution begins

Convicted killer "gasped and snorted" as officials attempted to execute him, as lawyers filed an emergency motion to halt the process.

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Witness to a 2-hour Arizona execution: Joseph Wood gasped before he died

Inside the chamber, I counted 660 gulps. The priest's watch counted 117 minutes. The death penalty was not supposed to go like this.

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Arizona lawyers lead call for inquiry into Joseph Wood's two-hour execution

Repblican senator John McCain describes botched execution as "torture" as controversy intensifies about death penalty drug secrecy.