Death Row killer choked for 10 minutes during 'botched' execution with new drugs
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dailystar.co.ukcancelled the executions of convicted killers Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens, because officials had failed to give them an adequate choice in how they died.Both had been destined for the electric chair, but the South Carolina supreme court ruled that a firing squad had to be assembled so that the two murderers could instead be given the option of being shot.The method of execution has long been a bone of contention for opponents of the death penalty.
lethal injections, long seen as the most humane method, were called into question after the botched execution of Dennis McGuire in 2014.McGuire struggled to breathe, choking audibly for at least 10 minutes, according to witnesses.Overall, it took over 25 minutes for McGuire to die, although the.
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