states try to break. in fact, the last state to execute two people in one day was oklahoma where witnesses described a harrowing process. 6:37 he says, something s wrong. at 6:39 he s still lifting his shoulders and head off the gurney, grimacing. and appeared to be in distress. so from start to finish, 6:23, if execution started. 6:39 is when they closed the curtains on us. a 16 minute process to watch. that was three months ago this month, guards strapped clayton lockett to the gurney. first he was injected with the sedative and then minutes later a drug to paralyze his body and stop his breathing and then the final dose of potassium chloride which is designed to stop the heart from beating. that is instructive because this three step system developed by