Deaths in Custody
Executed

Clayton Lockett

died 2014 · Oklahoma

Oklahoma executed Clayton Lockett by lethal injection in 2014 under a three-drug protocol. According to the summaries, the procedure went badly and was halted, and he died afterward. The botched execution prompted an investigation and renewed debate over lethal-injection drugs and procedures.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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