Getting particularly ugly. Reporter Graham Lee Brewer of the oklahoman was one of the official witnesses. He began kicking his feet, lifting his head and his chest off the gurney, grimacing, clenching his teeth, and a couple of months, he actually mumbled. At 6 39, a prison official said to witnesses, we are going to lower the blinds temporarily, and they did. It was clear at that point, to officials in attendance, that something was very, very wrong. After conferring with the ward, and unknown how much drugs that went into him, it was my decision at that time to stop the execution. According to an ap reporter in attendance, prison officials said they would try to get lockett to the hospital to resuscitate him. The man they were just moments ago trying to kill, well, they did not succeed in resuscitating him. At 7 06. Clayton lockett was declared dead. He died of a heart attack, 43 minutes after the drug was administered, a gruesome period of what can only be described as torture by in
Clenching his teeth, and a couple of months, he actually mumbled. At 6 39, a prison official said to witnesses, we are going to lower the blinds temporarily, and they did. It was clear at that point, to officials in attendance, that something was very, very wrong. After conferring with the ward, and unknown how much drugs that went into him, it was my decision at that time to stop the execution. According to an ap reporter in attendance, prison officials said they would try to get lockett to the hospital to resuscitate him. The man they were just moments ago trying to kill, well, they did not succeed in resuscitating him. At 7 06. Clayton lockett was declared dead. He died of a heart attack, 43 minutes after the drug was administered, a gruesome period of what can only be described as torture by incompetence. Although when you look at the full context of this execution, when you zoom back and take it all in, incompetence is far, far too gentle a term. Something more like sinister, insi
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