An Oklahoma appeals court has postponed the executions of two convicted killers for a month after the state revealed it didn't know what drugs it planned to use for the lethal injections.
Clayton Lockett, who was slated to die Thursday, had his date moved to April 22. Charles Warner, who was supposed to be executed on March 27, was pushed to April 29.
The delay grew out of a lawsuit the two men filed demanding Oklahoma disclose where it was getting the pentobarbital and vecuronium it needed for the executions.
In a brief filed Monday, the state dropped a bombshell: It has not been able to get the two drugs and is considering a last-minute change to the protocol.
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