Jail officials tasered Clayton Lockett, the inmate who died of heart attack after a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma, hours before his execution.
Documents on the botched execution show that Lockett was given shock after he refused to get X-rayed, which was part execution procedure, at 5:06 a.m. Tuesday.
The files also reveal that the officials found a self-inflicted wound on his right arm. However, the report does not explain how serious the cut was or if he tried to kill himself.
Later that day, around 6 p.m. the authorities decided to inject the lethal dose on his groin as they didn't find "viable insertion point" on in his arms or legs. He was covered with a white sheet in order to "to prevent witness viewing of the groin area."
The authorities asked him for his final statement at 6:23 p.m. But he refused to say anything. The officials continued with the execution process and injected him with sedative Midazolam. He was declared unconscious 10 minutes later. He was again administered with vercorium bromide to cease his breathing and potassium chloride to stop his heart.
Lockett was supposed to go in deep unconsciousness. Rather, he struggled and began mumbling. The officials dimmed the lights to prevent witnesses from seeing what was happening.
"Obviously, they didn't want to show that," Gov. Mary Fallin said in a brief news conference Thursday. "That is why I asked for a review," Fallin said. "We don't know all the answers."
Lockett, who was convicted of rape and murder, died of massive heart attack 43 minutes later he was given three tested drugs, Tuesday.
The authorities announced that Lockett's vein collapsed and called Robert Patton, director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. The Telegraph reports that Patton asked if Lockett absorbed enough chemicals to end his life and was told no. He then asked if another vein could be found and if there were enough chemical to restart the execution. He again got a negative response. After this, he ordered to stop the execution. The execution of another Oklahoma inmate, Charles Warner, was postponed.
The state said it would put Warner to death as early as possible once investigation in Lockett's death in complete.
Lockett's botched execution again brought the use of untested drugs for execution to the light. In January, Ohio inmate Dennis McGuire was administered with new drug combination of Midazolam and hydromorphone. McGuire gasped and snorted for nearly 25 minutes before dying.
