In May 2014, Oklahoma Director of Corrections, Robert Patton, recommended an indefinite hold on executions in the state after the botched execution of African-American Clayton Lockett. The prisoner had to be tasered to restrain him prior to the execution, and the lethal injection missed a vein in his groin, resulting in Lockett regaining consciousness, trying to get up, and to speak, before dying of a heart attack 43 minutes later, after the attempted execution had been called off. In 2015, the state approved nitrogen asphyxiation as a method of execution.
In May 2014 , Oklahoma Director of Corrections , Robert Patton , recommended an indefinite hold on executions in the state after the botched execution of African - American Clayton Lockett . The prisoner had to be tasered to restrain him prior to the execution , and the lethal injection missed a vein in his groin , resulting in Lockett regaining consciousness , trying to get up , and to speak , before dying of a heart attack 43 minutes later , after the attempted execution had been called off . In 2015 , the state approved nitrogen asphyxiation as a method of execution .
As of May 2014, what was Robert Patton's job title?
As of May 2014 , what was Robert Patton 's job title ?
Director of Corrections
Director of Corrections