The state worried new drugs could make prisoners “gasp” and “hyperventilate”—and used them anyway.
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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 […]
Judge: No More Ohio Executions This Year
A federal judge has extended a months-long moratorium on executions in Ohio into next year as questions mount about the effectiveness of a new, two-drug combination being used to carry out the death penalty.