俄克拉何馬州注射死刑出現失誤

A botched execution by lethal injection in Oklahoma left an inmate writhing on the gurney for more than 40 minutes before he eventually died from a heart attack.

Oklahoma's Department of Corrections says inmate Clayton Lockett was issued the first of the state's new three-drug lethal injection combination on Tuesday. Thirteen minutes later the convicted rapist and murderer began breathing heavily and clenching his teeth, causing the doctor on scene to halt the execution.

Officials lowered the blinds to prevent those in the viewing gallery from watching what was happening in the death chamber. Officials said there was a "vein failure" during the execution.

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has ordered a 14-day stay of execution for an inmate who was scheduled to die just two hours after Lockett.美國俄克拉何馬州在一次毒劑注射死刑的執行過程中出現失誤。犯人的身體扭動了40多分鐘，最後死於心臟病發作。

俄克拉何馬州獄政局說，星期二對犯人洛克特執行死刑。這是該州首次使用由三種藥物混合而成的針劑。注射13分鐘後，這名強姦謀殺犯的呼吸開始變得粗重，並咬緊牙關。在場的醫生決定停止執行死刑。

有關官員拉下窗簾，以免在外面觀看死刑過程的人們看到行刑室裏發生的情況。有關官員說，在注射毒劑時，犯人出現靜脈衰竭。

另一名犯人原定在洛克特之後兩小時接受死刑，俄克拉荷馬州州長法林決定把對他的處決推遲14天。