Botched Oklahoma execution: Eyewitness account
A US 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. The execution of Clayton Lockett, 38, was halted after 20 minutes when one of his veins ruptured, preventing the drugs from taking full effect. One of the journalists invited to witness the execution was Courtney Francisco, a television reporter with KFOR in Oklahoma.
(Photo: Clayton Lockett (L) and convicted murderer and rapist Charles Warner (R). Lockett died of a heart attack Tuesday, leading Oklahoma to postpone the execution of Warner. Credit: AFP PHOTO / Oklahoma Department of Corrections)
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