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January 16, 2015

"My Body is on Fire": The Last Words of Oklahoma Man Executed Thursday 
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In its first lethal injection since a botched one last spring, the state
of Oklahoma executed Charles Warner on Thursday. It took him 18 minutes
to die — about twice as long as the average. His final words were:
"My body is on fire." Lawyers for Warner criticized the state for using
midazolam, a drug that is not approved for general anesthesia. Warner
was originally scheduled to die last April. But his execution was
postponed after the botched killing of Clayton Lockett, who died of a
heart attack 43 minutes after the execution began.

 

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