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| Drugs leaked from IV line in botched Oklahoma execution |
| By independent.ie |
| Published: 05/02/2014 |
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SOME of the drugs used in a botched execution in Oklahoma did not enter the inmate's system because the vein they were injected into collapsed, and the failure was not noticed for 21 minutes, the state's prison chief said. Robert Patton urged changes to the state's execution procedure after the death of Clayton Lockett. The execution has drawn intense scrutiny to the US death penalty system from around the world. On Tuesday the United Nations human rights office in Geneva said Lockett's execution could amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international human rights law. A letter by written by Mr Patton to the state's governor detailing Lockett's last day described how medical officials tried for nearly an hour to find a vein in Lockett's arms, legs and neck before finally inserting an IV line into his groin. Read More. |
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