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Execution gone wrong raises questions about lethal injection

Clip: 4/30/2014 | 12m 14s

Clayton Lockett died of a heart attack when he was given an untested combination of drugs.

In Oklahoma, Clayton Lockett died of a heart attack when he was given an untested combination of drugs in what was intended to be a lethal injection. Judy Woodruff talks to Cary Aspinwall who has been covering the story for Tulsa World. Attorney Roy Englert and Deborah Denno of Fordham University School of Law discuss whether states can implement the death penalty in a humane fashion.

04/30/2014 | Expired 01/01/1970 | Rating NR

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