Family, experts: Ohio execution snafu points to flaws in
lethal injection
Family, experts: Ohio execution points to flaws in lethal injection - CNN.com
STORY HIGHLIGHTS"This one was different," says witness to executionMcGuire was convicted in
1994 for the...
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Family, experts: Ohio execution snafu points to flaws in
lethal injection
Family, experts: Ohio execution points to flaws in lethal injection - CNN.com
STORY HIGHLIGHTS"This one was different," says witness to executionMcGuire was convicted in
1994 for the rape and murder of 22-year-old Joy StewartKiller's family say they will file suit next
week to stop any such executions in the futureLawyer questions whether they have the standing to
do so
(CNN) -- No one may ever know for sure whether Ohio's execution of Dennis McGuire -- in a
procedure during which he reportedly gasped, snorted and struggled -- was inhumane, but his family
and medical and legal experts said Friday the ordeal points out fundamental flaws in the use of
lethal injection.
McGuire, 53, was convicted in 1994 for the rape and murder of 22-year-old Joy Stewart, who was
seven months pregnant. He was executed Thursday morning at the Southern Ohio Correctional
Facility in Lucasville with an injection of midazolam, a sedative
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