Officials maintained the killing had proceeded normally, stating the extended time was simply to allow murderer to make his final statements

Rapist and murderer Brian David Steckel was able to speak lucidly and clearly for minutes, despite having undergone the lethal injection.

The 36-year-old American, who had been convicted of the horrific rape and murder of 29-year-old Sandra Lee Long, was able to spend the final moments of his life speaking calmly to his family and witnesses, despite a cocktail of lethal drugs coursing through his body.

Witnesses to the execution report hearing audible clicks from the injection machine and convulsions, suggesting the drugs may not have worked as intended.

Delaware officials, however, maintained that the execution had proceeded normally, stati

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