https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2014/01/18/back-to-firing-squads-for-executions/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 11:50:51 -0400<![CDATA[Earlier this month the state of Ohio ran into some problems executing Dennis McGuire, who had been convicted of raping and murdering Joy Stewart in 1989. Having run out of pentobarbital &#8211; the execution drug of choice &#8211; due to a boycott by the manufacturer, they &#8220;experimented&#8221; with a new drug combination which apparently took too long to kill him in the view of some observers. Capital punishment is controversial enough these days, and if this is going keep up an alternate solution will be required. With that in mind, lawmakers from Missouri and Wyoming have suggested going back to a tried and true method of dispatching the monsters in our midst.]]>Sat, 18 Jan 2014 14:31:25 -0500<![CDATA[Jazz Shaw]]>https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2014/01/18/back-to-firing-squads-for-executions-n187041