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A botched execution in the state of Oklahoma on Tuesday has drawn criticism from the White House, infuriated the ACLU and — practically overnight — reignited the
Death penalty debate in America.
Clayton Lockett, convicted of raping and murdering a 19-year-old girl, was due to be executed at the state penitentiary in McAlester, Okla., Tuesday night when things went shockingly awry.
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It began when Lockett was given a powerful*anesthetic*at 6:23 p.m. CDT, the*
New York Times reported, and was pro**unced unconscious moments later.*After a few minutes, Lockett reportedly tried to sit up in his chair, trembled, shook his foot, said "man, something's wrong" and gasped, before officials closed the curtains to the execution chamber.
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