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| Ohio increases execution drug levels after row | Ohio increases execution drug levels after row |
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| The US state of Ohio plans to increase its dosage of death-penalty drugs after a convicted murderer took nearly half an hour to die from a new injection. | The US state of Ohio plans to increase its dosage of death-penalty drugs after a convicted murderer took nearly half an hour to die from a new injection. |
| Lawyers for Dennis McGuire, 53, have argued he suffered an "agonising" death violating his constitutional rights. | Lawyers for Dennis McGuire, 53, have argued he suffered an "agonising" death violating his constitutional rights. |
| But an official review determined he was asleep and did not experience pain. | But an official review determined he was asleep and did not experience pain. |
| The state will increase the amount of sedative and painkiller used in the two-drug injection, however, to "allay any remaining concerns". | The state will increase the amount of sedative and painkiller used in the two-drug injection, however, to "allay any remaining concerns". |
| 'Constitutional manner' | 'Constitutional manner' |
| McGuire "did not experience pain, distress or air hunger after the drugs were administered or when the bodily movements and sounds occurred," according to a Department of Rehabilitation and Correction review. | McGuire "did not experience pain, distress or air hunger after the drugs were administered or when the bodily movements and sounds occurred," according to a Department of Rehabilitation and Correction review. |
| "His execution was conducted in a constitutional manner consistent with the policy." | "His execution was conducted in a constitutional manner consistent with the policy." |
| Witnesses said McGuire - who raped and killed a pregnant woman in 1989 - gasped for up to 26 minutes on 16 January before he died from the sedative midazolam and painkiller hydromorphone. | Witnesses said McGuire - who raped and killed a pregnant woman in 1989 - gasped for up to 26 minutes on 16 January before he died from the sedative midazolam and painkiller hydromorphone. |
| It is the longest execution since Ohio resumed the practice in 1999. | It is the longest execution since Ohio resumed the practice in 1999. |
| The state was forced to change its lethal injection to a new two-drug cocktail after the Danish maker of the previous execution drug refused to allow its use in capital punishment. | The state was forced to change its lethal injection to a new two-drug cocktail after the Danish maker of the previous execution drug refused to allow its use in capital punishment. |
| The planned drug increase comes 30 days before the state's next scheduled execution - of a man convicted of the 1983 killing of a produce vendor - on 28 May. | |
| On Tuesday, two death row inmates who lost a case in the Oklahoma Supreme Court are due to be put to death. | On Tuesday, two death row inmates who lost a case in the Oklahoma Supreme Court are due to be put to death. |
| The court ruled they had no right to know the source of the drugs that will be used to kill them. | The court ruled they had no right to know the source of the drugs that will be used to kill them. |