Ohio man Dennis McGuire is executed using new drug

[n2doc]

A man convicted of murder in the US state of Ohio has been executed using a new, never-before-tried lethal injection combination.

Dennis McGuire, 53, was killed on Thursday with a two-drug cocktail, after the maker of the previous execution drug refused to allow its use in capital punishment.

McGuire appeared to gasp and snort over the 15 minutes it took him to die.

He was sentenced to death for the 1989 rape and murder of Joy Stewart.

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[dragonlady]

1. Sounds like cruel and unusual punishment

Isn't there a law against that?

[Ranchemp.]

2. How about we don't execute people?

That said, I'm anti DP, but in this case, I have zero sympathy the he suffered, my sympathies go to his family, who witnessed it.

[Lancero]

3. I don't see why people make so much fuss over using cruel methods to execute people...

When you've decided to put someone to death, you don't have any moral high ground to claim.

That said, I don't see much diffrence between execution and life in prison. If I had the choice of a quick death, or living the rest of my life in a cage? I'd rather die then be stuck in a cell. All things considered, life in a cage is crueler then a quick-ish death.

[Trillo]

4. Are you saying that 15 minutes is a "quick-ish death"? NT