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Ohio man Dennis McGuire to be executed using new drug Ohio man Dennis McGuire is executed using new drug
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A man convicted of murder in the US state of Ohio is set to be executed using a new, never-before-tried lethal injection combination. 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, is scheduled to be killed on Thursday with a two-drug cocktail, after the maker of the previous execution drug banned its use in capital punishment. 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.
His lawyers argued the new method would cause him to experience extreme terror.His lawyers argued the new method would cause him to experience extreme terror.
McGuire was sentenced to death for the 1989 rape and murder of Joy Stewart.McGuire was sentenced to death for the 1989 rape and murder of Joy Stewart.
Stewart was pregnant.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.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.Ohio officials elected to use intravenous doses of the sedative midazolam and painkiller hydromorphone for McGuire's execution.
Lawyers for McGuire said the drugs placed him at risk of air hunger, a phenomenon which causes terror as the patient struggles to catch his breath. 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.
An Ohio federal judge also 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. During the more than 15-minute 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.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.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.