In a federal court filing Friday, Department of Corrections officials and others recount the political pressure and mishaps leading up to the April 29 botched execution of Clayton Lockett.

The botched execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma disturbed witnesses and stirred the nation: A convicted murderer, deemed unconscious, began twitching and convulsing on the gurney, only able ...

DENVER, Colo. – An appeals court has upheld a decision that a now-infamous 2014 execution did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. The State of Oklahoma executed Clayton Lockett for k… ...

FOURTEEN months after Oklahoma botched the execution of convicted murderer Clayton Lockett, grim new details of the blood-soaked 43-minute ordeal have emerged. Lockett’s agonising death during ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — As the doctor entered the prison, he already was torn about his role in the execution of Clayton Lockett. Warden Anita Trammell said she met the doctor as he arrived at Oklahoma ...

An entrance to Oklahoma State Penitentiary, where inmate Clayton Lockett died in a botched execution by lethal injection, in McAlester, Okla., April 30, 2014.

Death row prisoner Clayton Lockett, who ultimately died after Oklahoma officials botched his execution in 2014, played a role in helping his execution team try to find a viable vein, according to ...

The execution was therefore stopped at 6:56 p.m., but ten minutes later, at 7:06 p.m., the physician pronounced Lockett deceased after the inmate suffered a massive heart attack.

Clayton Lockett's execution on April 29 drew international attention because it took 43 minutes for him to die at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

Clayton Lockett ultimately confessed to police. The description of Lockett's April 29 execution contained in the suit filed by Lane is plenty disturbing as well.

Clayton Lockett’s death was anything but quiet. In April, Lockett’s execution in Oklahoma was badly botched and brought new scrutiny to the problems with lethal injection.