04-30-2014, 10:54 AM
(04-30-2014, 05:32 AM)Duchess Wrote: It's being reported that the execution was botched. He's dead but apparently it wasn't pretty, not that any death is.
A botched execution that used a new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney Tuesday, leading prison officials to halt the proceedings before the inmate's eventual death from a heart attack.
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This whole deal has been a clusterfuck. First, the executions of Lockett and Warner were stayed by the OK Supreme Court when the OK Department of Corrections kicked the case to them due to the inmates' suit complaining against "untested and unrevealed death drugs". Then, the Dept of Corrections took the ball back and the stays were overruled, and they announced the first double execution in 75 years.
Now this. Maybe the drugs really didn't perform as intended after all? Maybe Lockett was coached on how to adversely react to the injection (as it's been alleged that Dennis McGuire did)? IDK.
As a result, Warner's execution has been stayed again for at least 2 weeks. Death penalty opponents are getting a lot of mileage out of the uncertainty surrounding the new death drug combos. Really wish the states could collaborate on one solution and a single source. Not sure why that's so hard.