Execution in US ignites death penalty debate

Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English
  • 10 years ago
Lawyers in the United States are preparing to challenge Ohio State's choice of death penalty drugs after a convicted murderer took 26 minutes to die. Dennis McGuire was executed on Wednesday after being convicted of the rape and murder of a pregnant woman in 1989. But lawyers say he died an agonising death from a new cocktail of chemicals -- in violation of his constitutional rights. Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports.

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