Botched Lethal Injection Prompts Execution Review
Wednesday, 30 April 2014 | by Pat's Picks
Officials in Oklahoma are reviewing what went wrong in the execution of a convicted killer. The Oklahoman says Clayton Derrell Lockett began to violently convulse as he was being put to death. He died of a heart attack about 40 minutes later. It was later determined Lockett’s vein blew out, rendering the lethal injection drugs ineffective. The execution of a second inmate set for last night was put on hold pending a review.