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Society. It is not supposed to be torture or cruel or unusual punishment. That appears to be exactly what happened. He was struggling to talk, those were the words we got out. Man, im not, and something is wrong. They may be the last words spoken by oklahoma inmate clayton lockett, uttered during his botched execution. What happened is his vein gave out during the least infection, prompting authorities to quickly halt the procedure. Drugs werent getting to blood but rather soft tissues. It was my decision to stop the execution. The first drug in that legal injection cocktail is supposed to render a person senseless and sedate. Witnesses say lockett was still conscious seven minutes after the first injection. At 16 minutes, he seemingly tried to get up and talk. It was then the prison officials closed the blinds, shutting out the media gathered to witness. We didnt know what was happening on the other side of the blind. We didnt know if he was still dying or they were still pumping drug ....