OKLAHOMA CITY — Drugs readied for the second of two planned back-to-back executions in Oklahoma will be tested as part of an investigation into the first execution, which was halted after the inmate convulsed and tried to lift his head.
The state attorney general’s office said the Department of Corrections saved the lethal drugs set aside for Charles Warner’s execution, which was stayed for two weeks, after an injection given to Clayton Lockett went awry Tuesday night.
President Barack Obama called the incident deeply troubling and said today that he has asked his attorney general for a review of the death penalty’s application.
Lockett died of an apparent heart attack 43 minutes after his execution began as Oklahoma used a new drug combination for the first time.
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