U.S. Executions Becoming Rarer, But Also Crueler and More Secretive
Monday, January 20, 2014 3:35
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This week’s protracted execution of Dennis McGuire at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility outside of Lucasville has many wondering if lethal injection is a more humane way of death after all. Under the administration of an untested lethal drug combination, McGuire emitted disturbing sounds suggesting a painful, drawn-out suffocation.
The number of U.S. executions is declining, according to Death Penalty Information Center, as are the number of states that impose them. But questions about the justness of the death penalty are growing as death row inmates continue to be found innocent, racial disparities and questions of mental competency continue to surface and lethal injection is questioned as a humane death method.
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