COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned Ohio killer facing
execution next week by an untried lethal drug process has asked the U.S.
Supreme Court for a reprieve.
Attorneys for Dennis McGuire argue
that the jury that sentenced him to death never heard the full extent of
McGuire’s troubled childhood because of poor legal representation.
The
request late Wednesday is separate from McGuire’s argument in a lower
court that the two-drug combination will cause him "agony and terror" as
he struggles to catch his breath.
The Supreme Court filing says
jurors never learned that McGuire was malnourished, had to regularly
steal food and was frequently beaten.
McGuire was condemned for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of Joy Stewart, who was eight months pregnant.

The Ohio attorney general’s office is expected to oppose the filing.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned Ohio killer facing
execution next week by an untried lethal drug process has asked the U.S.
Supreme Court for a reprieve.
Attorneys for Dennis McGuire argue
that the jury that sentenced him to death never heard the full extent of
McGuire’s troubled childhood because of poor legal representation.
The
request late Wednesday is separate from McGuire’s argument in a lower
court that the two-drug combination will cause him "agony and terror" as
he struggles to catch his breath.
The Supreme Court filing says
jurors never learned that McGuire was malnourished, had to regularly
steal food and was frequently beaten.
McGuire was condemned for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of Joy Stewart, who was eight months pregnant.

The Ohio attorney general’s office is expected to oppose the filing.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.