Washington: An inmate executed in the US state of Oklahoma in January was killed using the wrong drug, according to an autopsy report made public Thursday.
The revelation follows a decision by the state's governor last month to stay the execution of another convict, Richard Glossip, amid questions over the same drug.
The newly released autopsy report added to growing questions about execution methods, and Governor Mary Fallin confirmed Thursday she was delaying all executions until those concerns could be allayed.
Charles Warner, killed by Oklahoma on January 15, was given potassium acetate rather than potassium chloride, according to the autopsy report, first obtained by the The Oklahoman newspaper.
The autopsy report revealed that although the syringes with which Warner was injected were labeled "potassium chloride," the box from which the vials used to fill the syringes were taken was labeled "potassium acetate."
Warner had been originally scheduled to die in April 2014, on the same night of the botched execution of Clayton Lockett, who took 40 minutes to die and prompted Oklahoma officials to investigate their execution methods.
On September 30, Fallin issued a last-minute stay of execution for Glossip to address questions about the use of potassium acetate in his three-drug lethal injection cocktail and ensure it complies with court-approved protocols.
"We cannot trust Oklahoma to get it right or tell the truth," attorney Dale Baich, who represents several Oklahoma death row inmates, including Glossip said, said Thursday.
The revelation follows a decision by the state's governor last month to stay the execution of another convict, Richard Glossip, amid questions over the same drug.
The newly released autopsy report added to growing questions about execution methods, and Governor Mary Fallin confirmed Thursday she was delaying all executions until those concerns could be allayed.
Charles Warner, killed by Oklahoma on January 15, was given potassium acetate rather than potassium chloride, according to the autopsy report, first obtained by the The Oklahoman newspaper.
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The autopsy report revealed that although the syringes with which Warner was injected were labeled "potassium chloride," the box from which the vials used to fill the syringes were taken was labeled "potassium acetate."
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Warner had been originally scheduled to die in April 2014, on the same night of the botched execution of Clayton Lockett, who took 40 minutes to die and prompted Oklahoma officials to investigate their execution methods.
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On September 30, Fallin issued a last-minute stay of execution for Glossip to address questions about the use of potassium acetate in his three-drug lethal injection cocktail and ensure it complies with court-approved protocols.
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"We cannot trust Oklahoma to get it right or tell the truth," attorney Dale Baich, who represents several Oklahoma death row inmates, including Glossip said, said Thursday.
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