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Oklahoma inmate dies after execution is botched; second execution postponed

By Associated Press
Published April 29, 2014 4:00am ET
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Oklahoma inmate dies after execution is botched; second execution postponed
Nathaniel Batchelder, with the Oklahoma Coalition Against the Death Penalty, places a sign protesting the death penalty on Gov. Mary Fallin's office at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Steve Gooch) | Steve Gooch

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma inmate whose execution was halted Tuesday because the delivery of a new drug combination was botched died of a heart attack, the head of the state Department of Corrections said. A second execution originally scheduled for Tuesday was postponed.

Director Robert Patton said inmate Clayton Lockett died Tuesday after all three drugs were administered.

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