Oklahoma prison report says collapsed vein behind botched execution

 

By Heide Brandes

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OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The botched Oklahoma execution of Clayton Lockett was largely due to a collapsed vein during the lethal injection, and the needle was inserted in the groin area instead of the arm after prison officials used a stun gun to restrain him, a prisons report said on Thursday.

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