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Execution mistakes followed corrections director from Arizona to Oklahoma

Corrections Director Robert Patton addresses reporters Tuesday after a failed attempt to execute convicted murderer Clayton Lockett. /MATT TROTTER PUBLIC RADIO TULSA
Corrections Director Robert Patton addresses reporters Tuesday after a failed attempt to execute convicted murderer Clayton Lockett. /MATT TROTTER PUBLIC RADIO TULSA

By Chris McDaniel | BuzzFeed

The head of Oklahoma’s Department of Corrections has overseen three scheduled executions during his brief time in Oklahoma. Each time, there was a major screw-up.

In Robert Patton’s first execution as director, just two months after he started on the job, inmate Clayton Lockett sat up on the gurney after he was declared unconscious and told his executioners, “Shit’s fucking with me.”

Patton called off the execution after realizing it was going awry. Lockett died 45 minutes after his execution began.

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