Current Event
Clayton Lockett after 15 years on death row received lethal injections Tuesday evening, but something went terribly
wrong and he did not die right away. His
execution was halted by Robert Patton, Director of Corrections, because of
possible vein failure. Even though the
execution was halted, Lockett died of a heart
attack a little over 40 minutes after the procedure was started.
Since the state’s new secret series of three injections were not working correctly all executions in the State of Oklahoma have
been halted . People are up in arms
about the inhumanity of the death sentence and they want it banned. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, ordered the
Department of Corrections to review the state's execution procedures and
determine what went wrong.
The question is why is this wrong? His execution began at
6:23 p.m. He was unconscious 10 minutes later, and apparently died 33 minutes
after the drugs were administered. That includes the 10 minutes that he was unconscious.
He did, however, have a number of
convulsions and those watching Lockett’s execution found it difficult to watch
and after 16 minutes the curtains were closed so no one could see his
discomfort.
He was convicted fifteen years ago of shooting Stephanie
Neiman, a 19-year-old female, and watching her struggle while two accomplices buried
her alive.
Wonder what discomfort these people would have felt watching
Neiman being buried alive? Wonder how long did it take for her to die?
It is true that the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment says that
one is not supposed to suffer cruel and unusual punishment, because this is
wrong and not the American way. The
question is what is considered cruel and unusual?
This is a controversial issue but in so many of the articles written
about the subject the victim’s story is mentioned only to make people feel
guilty of secretly thinking that Lockett got what he deserved.
It seems as the victim is still the victim even when justice
is supposed to prevail.
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