Yet another reason to abolish the death penalty...
BBC News: Oklahoma inmate dies after 'botched' lethal injection
Bloody hell, America, if you must execute people, at least do it properly!
A death row inmate in Oklahoma died of a heart attack after his execution was halted because the lethal injection of three drugs failed to work properly.
Clayton Lockett, 38, experienced a vein failure which prevented the drug cocktail from being fully effective.
The execution was halted after 20 minutes, during which he writhed and shook uncontrollably, US media report.
"He was conscious and blinking, licking his lips even after the process began. He then began to seize," Associated Press news agency reporter Bailey Elise McBride tweeted from the scene
So effectively he was tortured to death. Delightful. Truly.
Bloody hell, America, if you must execute people, at least do it properly!
A death row inmate in Oklahoma died of a heart attack after his execution was halted because the lethal injection of three drugs failed to work properly.
Clayton Lockett, 38, experienced a vein failure which prevented the drug cocktail from being fully effective.
The execution was halted after 20 minutes, during which he writhed and shook uncontrollably, US media report.
"He was conscious and blinking, licking his lips even after the process began. He then began to seize," Associated Press news agency reporter Bailey Elise McBride tweeted from the scene
So effectively he was tortured to death. Delightful. Truly.