Unprecedented 90-minute delay in killer's execution

In an unprecedented delay, the execution of a man was held up today as a state team worked to find a suitable vein for the lethal injection.

Unprecedented 90-minute delay in killer's execution

In an unprecedented delay, the execution of a man was held up today as a state team worked to find a suitable vein for the lethal injection.

ā€œIt don’t work,ā€ convicted killer Joseph Lewis Clark said as the team initially tried to start the injection. Prison officials said his vein had collapsed.

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