On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
On 1/20/2014 2:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
On 1/20/2014 11:05 AM, Rev. Don Kool - An American Tradition! wrote:
On 1/19/2014 11:55 PM, John wrote:
Greg Price wrote:
We meant to kill the bastard.
Why should his death be any less painful than that of his victims?
A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually >>>> long time to die - more than 20 minutes - in an execution carried out >>>> on Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the US. >>>> Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's >>>> death "a failed, agonizing experiment."
McGuire's lawyers had attempted last week to block his execution,
arguing that the untried method could lead to a medical phenomenon
known as "air hunger" and cause him to suffer "agony and terror" while >>>> struggling to catch his breath.
McGuire, 53, made loud snorting noises during one of the longest
executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999. Nearly 25
minutes passed between the time the lethal drugs began flowing and
McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. local time.
Executions under the old method were typically much shorter and did
not cause the kind of sounds McGuire made.
Ohio prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith had no comment on how the
execution went but said a review will be conducted as usual.
Prison officials gave intravenous doses of two drugs, the sedative
midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to death
for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of a pregnant newly wed, Joy
Stewart.
The method was adopted after supplies of a previously used drug dried >>>> up because the manufacturer declared it off limits for capital
punishment.
The execution is certain to launch a new round of federal lawsuits
over Ohio's injection procedure. The state has five more executions
scheduled this year, with the next one to come on Feb. 19.
Capital punishment continues to be a much-debated subject in the
United States. In all, 39 executions were carried out last year,
according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
What was particularly unusual Thursday was the five minutes or so that >>>> McGuire lay motionless on the gurney after the drugs began flowing,
followed by a sudden snort and then more than 10 minutes of irregular >>>> breathing and gasping. Normally, movement comes at the beginning and >>>> is followed by inactivity.
"Oh, my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, said as she watched her
father's final moments.
In pressing for the execution to go ahead, Assistant Ohio Attorney
General Thomas Madden had argued that while the U.S. Constitution bans >>>> cruel and unusual punishment, "you're not entitled to a pain-free
execution."
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost sided with the state. But at the
request of McGuire's lawyers, he ordered officials to photograph and >>>> preserve the drug vials, packaging and syringes.
A few minutes before McGuire was put to death, Ohio prison director
Gary Mohr said he believed the state's planning would produce "a
humane, dignified execution" consistent with the law.
Strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, McGuire thanked Stewart's >>>> family members, who witnessed the execution, for their "kind words" in >>>> a letter he apparently received from them.
"I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you come," he said.
Stewart's slaying went unsolved for 10 months until McGuire, jailed on >>>> an unrelated assault and hoping to improve his legal situation, told >>>> investigators he had information about the death. His attempts to pin >>>> the crime on his brother-in-law quickly unraveled, and he was accused >>>> of the killing.
More than a decade later, DNA evidence confirmed McGuire's guilt, and >>>> he acknowledged his responsibility in a letter to Gov. John Kasich
last month.
The death row inmate's lawyers argued McGuire was mentally, physically >>>> and sexually abused as a child and had impaired brain function that
made him prone to act impulsively.
"We have forgiven him, but that does not negate the need for him to
pay for his actions," Stewart's family said in a statement after the >>>> execution.
He didn't suffer Near enough.
A I see it, he was just 20 minutes late for his appointment in Hell.
Just an insignificant slice of eternity.
Capital punishment cannot be ethically justified.
Why?
--
Try God!
Don
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