Ohio killer's execution takes almost 25 minutes

Associated Press ^ | Jan 16, 2014 9:32 PM (ET) | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

[DJ MacWoW]

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 Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the U.S.

Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's death "a failed, agonizing experiment" and added: "The people of the state of Ohio should be appalled at what was done here today in their names."

[DJ MacWoW]

I don't know the ins and outs of legal execution but so many people OD every day, effortlessly, that I don't understand why it's so hard to carry it out during an execution.

[slumber1]

What’s wrong with hanging?

[corlorde]

Or the tried and true guillotine.

[DJ MacWoW]

It’s classed as inhumane. Firing squad is quick but you can’t do that anymore either.

[backwoods-engineer]

25 minutes? Oh yeah? How long did the rape take?

This guy got off easy.

Stop whining, Ass. Press.

[YHAOS]

What’s wrong with hanging?

Too efficient . . . and humane.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

The cheapest, quickest, most effective and down-to-earth all-American way would be firing squad.

Everything else is just gimmickry.

[DJ MacWoW]

It’s his family. They were present. It doesn’t say how old his daughter is.

[entropy12]

Guillotine takes fraction of a second.

[DJ MacWoW]

Yeah but it’s gruesome.

[bramps]

He should be grateful he got an extra 24 minutes.

[The Great RJ]

Reports in the European press said his death took 15 minutes..the AP seems to have inflated the time. I’m sure the official time is more like 5 minutes.

[DJ MacWoW]

He couldn’t do much with that 24 minutes.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Give them a choice. firing squad, lethal injection or electric chair.

[Rodm]

Should have him on ObamaCare and made him suffer for years.

[Lumper20]

I recall hangings at Fort Leavenworth still going on about 1960.

[JudyinCanada]

With everything available, why not just put someone out as if for surgery, then administer whatever drug makes it permanent. Done.

[workerbee]

LOL, 25 minutes? I guess those 20-something years of appeals he got don’t count.

[DJ MacWoW]

I don't know. His family wants to sue for cruel and inhumane but:

state Assistant 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."

[ThunderSleeps]

Yeah, if I ever end up in that situation I’d rather have a firing squad. 30 cal rifles, tell ‘em to aim for my head. Blink and you’re gone.