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Mon Feb 3, 2014, 08:22 AM Feb 2014

Bobby Jindal: New death penalty drug that takes 26 minutes to kill is ‘fair’

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/02/bobby-jindal-new-death-penalty-drug-that-takes-26-minutes-to-kill-is-fair/



Bobby Jindal: New death penalty drug that takes 26 minutes to kill is ‘fair’
By David Edwards
Sunday, February 2, 2014 11:11 EST

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) on Sunday said that using a new lethal drug that took as long as 26 minutes to kill an inmate is a “fair way” to conduct an execution.

Earlier this month, Ohio elected to use two drugs never combined before to execute Dennis McGuire after manufacturers began refusing to sell traditional execution drugs to U.S. states. According to reports, “McGuire gasped for air and took almost 26 minutes to die.”

Louisiana announced last week that it would also use the drug cocktail to convicted killer Christopher Sepulvado.

“Are you comfortable with this execution going forward with this method of killing him?” CNN host Candy Crowley asked Jindal on Sunday.
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Bobby Jindal: New death penalty drug that takes 26 minutes to kill is ‘fair’ (Original Post) unhappycamper Feb 2014 OP
Now I understand why there are so many unhappy people in the world. NT Trillo Feb 2014 #1
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