Syringes labeled with right drug potassium chloride were filled with vials of potassium acetate,which experts say cannot be interchanged in executionsOklahoma corrections officials used the wrong drug to execute Charles Warner in January, according to an autopsy report by the state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
The report revealed that officials injected Warner with potassium acetate, and when state protocol calls for an injection of potassium chloride,which stops the heart. It is the third and final drug used for executions, following a sedative and paralytic.
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Source: theguardian.com