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Very ugly. hangings, electrocution. and so, one of the goals of the state now is that it looks calm and peaceful. >> to a great degree, the lethal injection regime has much more to do with the witnesses than it has to do with the condemned. the witnesses weren't seeing the condemn writhe or cough or choke or snort. >> the challenge with lethal injection was finding executioners with the medical skills to do the job. itiolates ethical codes for s, physicians to be involved. so usually the people who are involved in the executions are not physicians. and they're not properly trained to do an iv ...

The reports were that he was still alive. >> at 7:23 p.m., the man in charge of lockett's execution, robert patton addressed the media. >> ladies and gentlemen, i'm going to make a short statement, and i'll not be taking any questions. so please don't scream and holler at me. as those inside witnessed, the drugs are not having the effect. so the doctor observed the line and determined that the line had blown. it was my decision at that time to stop the execution. at approximately 7:06 hours, inmate suffered what appears to be a massive heart attack and passed away. >> why did you decide to low...

>> the attorneys who are witnessing this on behalf of clayton lockett said they're going to revive him so they can kill him another day. >> the blinds would not reopen. and at 6:56 p.m., clayton lockett's execution was officially halted. >> we were taken back to the media witness center, but there was no clear discussion of what was going on with clayton lockett. >> is lockett dead? >> we don't know. >> we don't know the status. >> we don't know the status. >> breaking news from the state prison in mcallister. >> the first of two scheduled executions at the prison did not go as planned. >> cla...

It was extraordinarily loud. i started doing, you know, hash marks in my notebook. each time that he would make that sucking sound, he was gulping. he was gasping, he was struggling to breathe. >> i eventually counted 240 hash marks. went on and on. and i wondered is someone going to stop this execution. there were two lawyers sitting next to me, and i saw them get up and go out. >> one full hour into the execution, joseph wood was still alive. baish called for the execution to be halted. >> we immediately filed a motion with the federal district court asking the federal judge to stop the exec...

The issue responded forcefully. >> the fact that there might be some pain during the process doesn't offend me. i don't think it owe depends most people in oklahoma. why are we planning the most pleasant death possible for people who have imposed the most unpleasant death. z-wl i want them to sit back and think, if that was your child would you have sympathy? >> it took two hours for this man to die. it was an execution. this man was killed by malpractice of a doctor, was killed by negligence of the state s govement program.lty is a and the government takes a week to deliver a piece of mail. w...