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May 29, 2014

Judge Issues 3-Month Moratorium on Ohio Executions 
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A federal judge has ordered a three-month ban on all executions in Ohio
following a botched killing earlier this year. The execution of Dennis
Mc Guire in January lasted more than 30 minutes and saw him gasping for
air. Ohio had planned on using higher doses of the same lethal injection
drugs. But on Wednesday, District Judge Gregory Frost ruled Ohio's new
protocol is insufficient. The Ohio ruling is the latest in a series of
developments challenging lethal injections in the United States. Three
executions have been stayed nationwide in the weeks since Oklahoma
botched the killing of Clayton Lockett, who died of a heart attack 43
minutes after the execution began.

 

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