Ohio Executes Inmate With New Drug Mix

     

    (AP File Photo)
    (AP File Photo)

    A killer put to death in Ohio, using a never-before tried lethal injection combo.

    FOX News Radio’s Jennifer Keiper reports:

    Dennis McGuire appeared to gasp for air several times, after being given a new sedative-painkiller mix. The state had to switch from pentobarbital because the company that makes it, no longer sells it for executions. McGuire’s lawyers tried to stop the execution this week- arguing that the combo would cause him to suffer air hunger, making it hard for him to breathe. He killed a pregnant newlywed in 1989, in West Alexandria, Ohio.

    It’s been the talk of that small town:

    Town resident: “I definitely support the death penalty in certain instances and I believe this is one of them.”

    McGuire refused a shower and breakfast and had emotional final visits with his son and daughter.

    Jennifer Keiper, FOX News Radio.

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