CLEVELAND (AP) — A civil-rights organization is asking Ohio
Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) to immediately halt executions after a
condemned inmate gasped and snorted last week as an untested drug
combination was used to put him to death.
The ACLU of Ohio made its request to Kasich on Sunday, noting Ohio has five upcoming executions
scheduled.
Death
row inmate Dennis McGuire made loud snorting noises Thursday during the
longest execution since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999.
McGuire’s adult children said it amounted to torture and his family says
they’re suing.
McGuire’s attorney and an anti-death penalty group urge a moratorium.
The 53-year-old McGuire was sentenced to die for raping and fatally stabbing a pregnant woman in 1989.

Kasich’s spokesman says the governor supports the death penalty and the procedure is being reviewed.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — A civil-rights organization is asking Ohio
Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) to immediately halt executions after a
condemned inmate gasped and snorted last week as an untested drug
combination was used to put him to death.
The ACLU of Ohio made its request to Kasich on Sunday, noting Ohio has five upcoming executions
scheduled.
Death
row inmate Dennis McGuire made loud snorting noises Thursday during the
longest execution since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999.
McGuire’s adult children said it amounted to torture and his family says
they’re suing.
McGuire’s attorney and an anti-death penalty group urge a moratorium.
The 53-year-old McGuire was sentenced to die for raping and fatally stabbing a pregnant woman in 1989.

Kasich’s spokesman says the governor supports the death penalty and the procedure is being reviewed.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.