Lockett died 43 minutes after being administered the first drug , CNN affiliate KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City reported . Tennessee death row inmates will be released if lethal injection ##s are unavailable . It is the only state to make it mandatory . In other states that use the electric chair , it is an option . Drugs for lethal injection have been in short supply .
Tennessee death row inmates will be released if lethal injection ##s are unavailable . It is the only state to make it mandatory . In other states that use the electric chair , it is an option . Drugs for lethal injection have been in short supply .