Now I know that most of you won’t care, but there is a duty of care that is required to be followed even on death row and at executions.
Oklahoma inmate dies after ‘botched’ lethal injection
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 stopped after 20 minutes, when one of his veins ruptured, preventing the drugs from taking full effect.
The execution of a fellow inmate, due two hours later, was postponed.
Both men had unsuccessfully challenged a state law that shields the identities of companies supplying the drugs…
‘He deserved to die,’ you may say, but an authority that is unable to carry out the administering of drugs to a strapped down man, unable to predict the effects of administering the drug cocktail, is surely in a worrying state?
By: trumper - 30th April 2014 at 18:55
They have enough guns in the USA so why not just put a bullet through the head-quick cheap
By: charliehunt - 30th April 2014 at 13:47
I read the story earlier and thought that I didn’t care that much but you are right that the procedures should be carried out properly within the terms legislated.
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April 30, 2014 at 1:18 pm