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The report says the IV line delivered the fatal dosage of drugs to the surrounding tissue rather than directly into the bloodstream, resulting in the prolonged execution of Clayton D. Lockett.
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When things go wrong during an execution, the people responsible for carrying it out experience stressful, chaotic scenes. But even when the process goes right, it can take a lasting toll.
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Oklahoma's botched execution of Clayton Lockett is prompting other states to question their use of the drug midazolam in lethal injections. The Lockett execution is fueling new calls to re-examine how states put inmates to death.
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If you can’t get lethal injection drugs, how do you impose the death penalty?"We have the death sentence. Whether some of you agree with that or disagree…
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A shortage of drugs used for capital punishment is leading some states to consider bringing back the electric chair or firing squad.