I mean the medical staff knew how to push drugs with a RUNNING IV of saline to maintain the patency of the vein to dilute the sclerosing effect on the vein of the high dose of drugs affiliated with this protocol , right? Doses are doses. It is the dose that is suppose to work WITH proper administration to insure it's delivery.
So, let me get this right. Seven minutes into the execution the sedation worked, however, previous to that the doctor observed the intravenous line and determined it had blown (extravasation).
How many IVs was this man given? Two? The original that was blown but delivered enough sedation to be effective? And then another?
And the death, according to the Director went awry after seven minutes.
So, I will assume at the point where the execution went awry there was a second intravenous line started and another dose of muscle relaxing drug was administered. Then the potassium chloride was injected. But, nearly an hour went by and Clayton Lockett was still conscious. The curtains were closed and he died unwitnessed by anyone other than the prison staff.
Governor Fallin makes it completely clear she found it necessary to execute Clayton Lockett for the crimes he committed and that justice had to be served. To that end she honored a court ruling after the Oklahoma Supreme Court was intimidated by the Oklahoma legislature.
There should be two and only two and no less than two intravenous sites on Mr. Lockett's arm(s), including the one site that is blown.
Regardless of the inhumanity exhibited in this execution and it is substantial; the fact of the matter is the drugs used, their dose and the outcome didn't work REGARDLESS of establishing a second intravenous site.
Where did Mr. Lockett die? The clinic, his cell or in the execution room after the curtain was pulled? It went awry alright and everyone involved is guilty. Calling for an investigation does not exonerate the wrong doing. Fallin needs to resign for her role in all the inappropriate power plays within this torturous death called an execution.
See, if there is no second site then the first one was intact when all the drugs were administered. And if the primary site was blown, there is no way there would be significant absorption of the drugs to kill Mr. Lockett. Not only that but if the potassium chloride was administered through a blown intravenous site, it would cause a burn of the subcutaneous tissue (click here).
I don't care what the government and/or private investigations show, the reporting is inconsistent with any reality and the Governor is ultimately responsible for the torturous events of the death of Mr. Lockett.
Torture of any kind is not permitted in the USA prison systems, at the time of execution or otherwise. Experimentation with execution drugs is not permitted unless of course the attorneys for the condemned consent to it along with their client. This execution wasn't botched, it was an untested protocol the Governor consented to in the face of every reason to suspend any execution attempt. I find the actions of the Oklahoma legislature and the Governor more than indictable. End of discussion.
As to those that administered the drugs, they are in violation of acceptable and legal practice. Their licenses should be pulled immediately. Executions are not a reason for experimentation, it is a time of PROVEN effectiveness. As Governor Fallin knows the execution is because of a killer after all. The person administering the drugs is guilty of malpractice and homicide by reason of that malpractice.
11:56 PM CDT Apr 29, 2014
Clayton Lockett dies of heart attack after getting lethal drug combination (click here)
"There was some concern at that time the drugs were not having the effect so the doctor observed the line and determined the line had blown.
It was determined that he was sedated at 7 mins into the execution...
