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| Battle over executions at OSP continues |
| By mcalesternews.com |
| Published: 12/17/2014 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorneys for 21 Oklahoma death row inmates head to federal court this week hoping that behind-the-scenes details of an execution gone awry will prevent a "bloody mess" from ever happening again. Attorneys for the state of Oklahoma say new lethal injection protocols will address the problems encountered during the April 29 execution of 38-year-old Clayton Lockett, who writhed on the gurney, clenched his teeth and mumbled before a doctor noticed a problem with an intravenous line. But the inmates argue the state is experimenting on them with new drug combinations that amount to cruel and unusual punishment. A legal filing in the case includes accounts of Lockett's execution, including Oklahoma State Penitentiary Warden Anita Trammell's description of the scene inside the death chamber after the blinds were lowered on witnesses as "a bloody mess." Read More. |
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