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.

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.

“It don’t work,” 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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