Whether it’s because of botched attempts like the recent “macabre screw-ups” in Oklahoma and Ohio or the increasing number of cases in which death row inmates are exonerated, the case for capital punishment seems to get weaker with every new execution. Here are three reasons to get rid of the death penalty.
Exclusive Emails Show Ohio’s Doubts About Lethal Injection
The state worried new drugs could make prisoners “gasp” and “hyperventilate”—and used them anyway.
Expert doctor testifies on McGuire Execution: “This was not a humane execution.”
An expert is now testifying that Mr. McGuire did in fact suffer from the lethal injection process that was carried out for his execution. Read the whole affidavit here, the Columbus Dispatch reporting on it here, and see excerpts of the affidavit below. Despite arguments that Dennis McGuire would experience agony and suffering due to the lethal injection […]