Here is the issue I have with this families lawsuit. Disregarding all the legal maneuverings concerning the drugs used and whether the death penalty is moral or not, I wonder if this family has thought of the pain and suffering their "family member" caused when on February 12, 1989 he stabbed to death a pregnant Joy Stewart.
The prolonged execution of an Ohio inmate during which he repeatedly gasped and snorted amounted to cruel and unusual punishment which should not be allowed to happen again, the inmate's family said in a federal lawsuit.
The lawsuit, filed late Friday, also alleges the drug maker that produced the medications illegally allowed them to be used for an execution and should be prohibited from making them available for capital punishment.
McGuire "repeated cycles of snorting, gurgling and arching his back, appearing to writhe in pain," the lawsuit said. "It looked and sounded as though he was suffocating."
McGuire's execution lasted 26 minutes, the longest since the state resumed putting inmates to death in 1999, according to an Associated Press analysis of all 53 execution logs maintained by the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
It remains unclear what McGuire experienced. The AP observed him appearing to fall unconscious and remaining so while he snorted, gasped and opened and shut his mouth repeatedly.
Family Files Lawsuit Over Dennis McGuire's 'Extreme Pain And Suffering' During Execution
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