Grant was strapped to a gurney and began convulsing and vomiting before dying, The Associated Press reported.
John Grant, 60, has died, an Oklahoma Department of Corrections spokesman just told reporters.
Two members of the execution team wiped the vomit from his face and neck, the AP reported.
13, 1998, when he fatally stabbed Gay Carter, 58, with a sharpened screwdriver in a kitchen at the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy, The Oklahoman reported.
“The death penalty is about protecting any potential future victims. Even after Grant was removed from society, he committed an act of violence that took an innocent life.
Authorities stopped Richard Glossip’s execution after a doctor discovered the wrong deadly drug, potassium acetate, had been supplied, according to The Oklahoman.
Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision, lifted stays of execution that were made for Grant and another death row inmate, Julius Jones, by the 10th U.S.
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