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Botched Oklahoma execution leaves inmate writhing on gurney
Posted: 30 Apr 2014, 05:49
by Pedro-NF
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.
Re: Botched Oklahoma execution leaves inmate writhing on gurney
Posted: 30 Apr 2014, 14:27
by blaskattacks
That's fucked up. Just give him a bottle of zanax and some booze. At least hell enjoy himself
Re: Botched Oklahoma execution leaves inmate writhing on gurney
Posted: 01 May 2014, 05:23
by Pedro-NF
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.
Re: Botched Oklahoma execution leaves inmate writhing on gurney
Posted: 01 May 2014, 05:24
by Pedro-NF
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.
Re: Botched Oklahoma execution leaves inmate writhing on gurney
Posted: 24 Jul 2014, 04:33
by Pedro-NF
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.
Re: Botched Oklahoma execution leaves inmate writhing on gurney
Posted: 24 Jul 2014, 10:44
by Pedro-NF
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.
Re: Botched Oklahoma execution leaves inmate writhing on gurney
Posted: 25 Jul 2014, 06:22
by Pedro-NF
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.