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Anthony Graves Murder Case Study

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Anthony Graves is one of hundreds of individuals that were wrongfully incarcerated. Anthony Graves was convicted and sentenced to death for the brutal 1992 murder of six people. In 2006 Anthony’s sentence was reversed by a federal court. He served four more years in prison until his release in 2010. Anthony Graves spent a total of 18 years of his life imprisoned, 12 of which were on death row for a crime he did not commit (Soria 2010). Anthony Graves eventually filed a grievance against former prosecutor Charles Sebesta for misconduct against Graves during his trial. It was discovered that Sebesta withheld evidence and used false testimony to win the capital murder case against Anthony Graves. Another man connected to Anthony’s case Robert …show more content…

McGuire was convicted and sentenced to die by lethal injection for the murder and rape of 22 year old pregnant Joy Stewart (Ford & Fantz, 2014). After McGuire was administered the drugs he began to choke and started convulsing (Ford et al., 2014). A witness present at the execution said “the entire process took 24 minutes and that McGuire appeared to gasping for air 10 to 13 minutes” (Ford et al., 2014). Alan Johnson who was present at the execution and is a reporter for The Columbus Dispatch described the execution “He gasped deeply. It was kind of a rattling, guttural sound. There was kind of a snorting through his nose. A couple of times, he definitely appeared to be choking (Ford et al., 2014).” Anesthesiologist Howard Nearman, argued that “the length of time it took for McGuire to die and his gasping are not typical for an execution (Ford et al., 2014).” States nationwide have been scrambling for execution drugs after European manufacturers have banned the use of their drugs in executions throughout the United States (Ford et al., 2014). This has caused states including Ohio to scramble for new drugs. Clayton Lockett an inmate from Oklahoma also died in similar cruel circumstances. After numerous failed attempts to start an IV, medical professionals ultimately decided to run an IV line through the femoral vein in Clayton Lockett's groin. This is in spite of the fact that the medical team overseeing the execution didn't have a needle of the right size (“New Docs Detail Chaos” 2015). Lockett’s IV line was placed improperly, which allowed the chemical used to kill him to seep into tissues instead of his vein. Since Lockett was not fully sedated, he woke up midway through the procedure and tried to get off the table and move around. This was even after a paralytic had been administered (“New Docs Detail Chaos”

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