CNN reported that prisoner Clayton Lockett (pictured above, left) was injected with a new three-drug combination that began with the sedative midazolam at 6:23 p.m.. The state Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that
Clayton Lockett lifted his head and started mumbling 13 minutes after he was given a lethal injection. A doctor then halted the execution and about half an hour later Lockett died of an apparent massive heart attack. Jerry Massie, Oklahoma state
McALESTER, Okla. — What was supposed to be the first of two executions here Tuesday night was halted when the prisoner, Clayton D. Lockett, began to twitch and gasp after he had already been declared unconscious and
He told Lockett that Miss Neiman was still alive, but Lockett ordered Mathis to bury her. According to Tulsa World, Bornt wrote a letter that said: "Clayton being put to death by lethal injection is almost too easy of a way to die after what he did to
Clayton Lockett, 38, struggled violently, groaned and writhed after lethal drugs were administered by Oklahoma officials Tuesday night, according to eyewitness accounts. State Corrections Director Robert Patton halted the Lockett's execution, citing