article_snippet: Now, newly-released transcripts of interviews with officials inside the state's death chamber have revealed grisly details of the moments leading up to the 'bloody mess' that was Lockett's death.
article_snippet: The interviews, which are among 5,000 pages of documents unveiled by the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, show Lockett causally chatted with the paramedic who was inserting the paramedic who was  IV line.
article_snippet: Although the official took Lockett's advice and successfully inserted the needle, the official took Lockett's advice and successfully inserted the needle did not have the right kind of tape to hold his IV line in place, so it came loose, according to the interview transcripts.
article_snippet: Lockett, a former intravenous crystal meth user who had dehydrated himself for three hours for the execution, then suggested that officials insert the needle through himself leg instead, NBC reported. '
article_snippet: Lethal: Now, newly-released transcripts of interviews with officials inside the death chamber have revealed gthe moments leading up to Lockett's death.
article_snippet: Officials ultimately chose to put the IV into Lockett's femoral vein through his groin, using a 1.25in needle that appeared to be too short for the procedure - the recommended length was 2.5in. '
article_snippet: By the time the second drug, a paralytic, was pumped into Lockett, it was clear something was wrong.
article_snippet: Lockett, 38, also began clenching his teeth and groaning loudly, prompting officials to try unsuccessfully to stop his execution.
article_snippet: More than 43 minutes after the killing began, Lockett died.
article_snippet: The cocktail of drugs that Lockett had been injected with had not been previously used in the United States.
article_snippet: Other witness interviews, unveiled to the Associated Press after The Tulsa World successfully filed a lawsuit against authorities, also laid bare the scale of the fiasco surrounding Lockett's execution.
article_snippet: DPS released a 32-page summary of DPS investigation in September, which blamed most of Lockett's execution's problems on a failed single IV line in Lockett's groin.
article_snippet: The investigation revealed a failed line caused the drugs to be administered locally instead of into Lockett's blood, but the doctor overseeing Lockett's execution did not notice a problem with the site.
article_snippet: This is because Lockett's lower body was covered with a sheet, the transcripts state.
article_snippet: The testimony of Patton and others involved in Lockett's execution suggest there was nervousness and unease with two executions scheduled on the same night using a new three-drug formula that hadn't been used in Oklahoma before. '
highlights_snippet: Untested cocktail of 3 drugs ultimately leaked into Lockett's body tissue .
  