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April 30, 2014 · News

CLAYTON LOCKETT BOTCHED EXECUTION AT OKLAHOMA: HOW THE STATE PENITENTIARY MADE THE MAN ON DEATH LIST ‘WRITH AND GROAN’ BEFORE DECLARING HIM DEAD

Clayton Lockett botched execution at Oklahoma is the state’s first double execution since 1937. According to The Guardian’s Katie Fretland, Clayton Lockett botched execution at Oklahoma had him writhing and groaning in pain, and 43 minutes later, he was declared dead after the apparently botched procedure.

by Althea Serad