Convicted Ohio killer Dennis McGuire
became on Thursday the first prisoner put to death using a new lethal
drug combo. US officials used intravenous doses of two drugs, the
sedative midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to put McGuire to
death. Human rights activists accuse state authorities of testing
poisons on people. Kara Gotsch, Director of National Programs at the
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, discussed the
controversial issue in a new interview.
What’s
your take on the new method used for the execution of a Mr.McGuire? Do
you think the use of this never-tried combination is justified?
