"Despite spending six times the normal amount of time to kill someone by lethal injection and the fact that Newton was seen moving and heaving even after the paralytic was administered, the state is ignoring the facts and claiming that the Newton execution was not 'botched,'" said ACLU of Ohio Legal Director Jeffrey Gamso. "It is imperative that the prison's practices and procedures are thoroughly examined and Ohio immediately halts executions in order to review the death penalty."

Criminal investigations