Ohio Executes Prisoner With Untried Method

Well, they pulled of their murder at 10:53 a.m., as Dennis McGuire was put to death with a new cocktail of chemicals.  As I've written, executions have been slowed by problems getting the good old lethal injection chems, due to manufacturers' qualms and other factors.  Update: contrary to earlier reports, McGuire gasped and heaved and struggled in an execution that took longer than previous ones.  My ebook on capital punishment in the USA here.