News Roundup

Published for NC Criminal Law on January 17, 2014.

The biggest national story this week is the just-completed execution of Dennis McGuire by the state of Ohio. Because the state was not able to procure pentobarbital, a drug historically used in executions, it used a novel combination of drugs that resulted in McGuire gasping and convulsing for 10  minutes or more. Whether McGuire was ... Read more

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