Another opposition is that the death penalty is done painlessly and humanely. In Josh Sunburn’s article he gives insight on an example of when a man was killed with cruel and unusual punishment. This mans name was McGuire (41). McGuire was sentenced to death because he kidnapped, raped, and murdered a pregnant girl (Sanburn 41). The time had come for McGuire’s execution and he was strapped on to the gurney and had two IVs on both of his arms (Sanburn 41). The executioners then released the two-medicine combination through the IVs and watched as McGuire started to grasp for breath, squirm, and tried to get air into his lungs (Sanburn 41). McGuire was suffocating, restrained, and screaming for an extensive 26 minutes (Sanburn 41). For what was
