Family of Dennis McGuire files federal lawsuit against Ohio for "cruel and unusual" execution
The children of Dennis McGuire say in a federal lawsuit that the state acted illegally in executing their father by using two drugs never intended to kill people.
The suit being filed this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Columbus also argues that McGuire's execution on Jan. 16 was "cruel and unusual" punishment because of how he gasped, snorted, choked and clenched his fists. The suit argues that violated the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Dayton attorney Jon Paul Rion, representing Amber and Dennis McGuire, the convicted killer's children, predicted the outcome of the federal lawsuit will be to "cause a change in our death penalty system."
The suit asks the federal court to stop future executions because the state is using drugs in lethal injections that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration "has not approved for that purpose," Rion said.
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