USA: Execution Drugs

[Camrysfa]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25775287

 

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. Stewart was pregnant.

 

In recent years, US states have had increasing difficulty obtaining drugs for use in lethal injections, as their manufacturers have grown unwilling to provide them for that use.

Ohio officials elected to use intravenous doses of the sedative midazolam and painkiller hydromorphone for McGuire's execution.

 

Lawyers for McGuire had said the drugs placed him at risk of air hunger, a phenomenon which causes terror as the patient struggles to catch his breath.

 

During the procedure, McGuire gasped several times and his mouth repeatedly opened and closed, according to an Associated Press news agency reporter who witnessed the execution.

 

An Ohio federal judge had rejected a last-minute appeal to delay the execution after McGuire's legal team argued a jury never heard details of his reportedly troubled childhood.

 

McGuire's lawyers alleged he was abused, leading to impaired brain function that made him prone to impulsive actions.

 

Ohio Governor John Kasich also rejected McGuire's efforts to become an organ donor, a legal manoeuvre that previously allowed another death row inmate an eight-month reprieve.

[Kusje]

Just hang them. Fast, cheap and effective.

[Sosaria]

Or China style execution, one clean shot, quick death. It's actually more humane than all these drugs which is basically like killing somebody with poison, and they don't even choose the fastest acting poison... I think let the inmate bite cyanide capsule is quicker and better for him.

[Mllcg]

Or China style execution, one clean shot, quick death. It's actually more humane than all these drugs which is basically like killing somebody with poison, and they don't even choose the fastest acting poison... I think let the inmate bite cyanide capsule is quicker and better for him.

 

no form of execution is painless

[Thaiyotakamli]

 

no form of execution is painless

chop head no pain but abit cruel

Or China style execution, one clean shot, quick death. It's actually more humane than all these drugs which is basically like killing somebody with poison, and they don't even choose the fastest acting poison... I think let the inmate bite cyanide capsule is quicker and better for him.

some more ask the family member to pay for the bullet

[Atonchia]

USA, champion of human rights?

[Jasonjst]

Just hang them. Fast, cheap and effective.

 

Ya lor , his organs can safe some life after that .

[Baal]

Why not just use morphine overdose.......or use ga first. Bullet or hang makes the person a orgsn donor n state reap$$$ again...

[GLZT]

No drug works the same for every human, so its best not to use them if the intention is to cause minimal pain.

[Babyt]

Or China style execution, one clean shot, quick death. It's actually more humane than all these drugs which is basically like killing somebody with poison, and they don't even choose the fastest acting poison... I think let the inmate bite cyanide capsule is quicker and better for him.

 

how do we know if 1 shot execution or hang to death is a less painful way to die?

 

would the person feels any pain before they knock out?

[Leslielai]

There is no need to be humane when it comes to executions. Just get it over and done with in the fastest and most cost-efficient method.n

[Little_prince]

no need to be humane for these farking a**holes...

 

give them a long painful lingering death

[Hondacub777]

no need to be humane for these farking a**holes...

 

give them a long painful lingering death

Best is to use pen knife to saw off the head.

"zee zi zee zi zee zi............"

[Linkinwiz]

I think they should host something like Death Race. Let those inmates on death row fight each other to their death. Winner get to escape death. Confirm lots of revenue to be made. Money from ticket sales and betting confirm got alot of money can earn.