0 murder. a claimed that his mother-in-law had murdered her. he described details only the killer would know. he was charged, tried and convicted. and in 1994, he was sentenced to death. yesterday that death sentence was carried out. maguire was injected with a mixture of drugs that took 24 minutes to take effect. the maguire family is reportedly planning to file a lawsuit saying the execution violated his constitutional right not to be punished in a cruel or unusual way. and the maguire family is apparently not alone in their outrage. this execution became a huge story around the world today. with headlines like the one in the huffington post, calling this a nightmare execution in ohio. saying that he, quote gasped for air. the local pape in youngstown, ohio called this a, quote the american thinker block went so far as to call this a barbaric, grizzly execution for the ohio murder. but in the stories that went with those headlines and dozens more like them, there was little mention
0 we have that part of the story. charles krauthammer joins us on details of what could be a multi billion dollar bailout for the insurance industry on the kelly files right now. and breaking tonight controversy over an execution in ohio now getting attention around the world after complaints the convicted murderer suffered too much in his final moments. welcome to the kelly file. i am megyn kelly. the story begins with the murder of joy stewart a 22-year-old newlywed nearly 8 months pregnant when she went missing in february of 1989. she spent the morning with a friend s mother and was not seen until the next day when her body was found in the woods near a local creek. her throat had been slit and she had been raped. it took ten mnts for prosecutors to get their first real lead in connection with their murder. a prison inmate by the name of dennis maguire claimed his brother in law had murdered joy stewart but then maguire ended up implicating himself when he described only details
situation was more gruesome because his children were there to witness it. yes, the victim does have the name and that s joy stewart and there was a little baby involved and even joy s husband, kenny stewart, as the investigation proceeded, he ended up taking his own life. so we ended up with three dead people over this one incident and as far as, you know, i hate to see what the maguire family had to go through, but if i m not mistaken, it was elective on whether they went on not. it was totally up to them whether they chose to watch it or not. and i mean, of course, you know better than anybody that, you know, the reason no one was there to watch joy stewart get murdered, she had no children there to watch her murder was because she was carrying the only child she had and he too was a victim, a murder victim that night. i mean it just the focus in this case has gone to a place,
situation was more gruesome because his children were there to witness it. yes, the victim does have the name and that s joy stewart and there was a little baby involved and even joy s husband, kenny stewart, as the investigation proceeded, he ended up taking his own life. so we ended up with three dead people over this one incident and as far as, you know, i hate to see what the maguire family had to go through, but if i m not mistaken, it was elective on whether they went on not. it was totally up to them whether they chose to watch it or not. and i mean, of course, you know better than anybody that, you know, the reason no one was there to watch joy stewart get murdered, she had no children there to watch her murder was because she was carrying the only child she had and he too was a victim, a murder victim that night. i mean it just the focus in this case has gone to a place,
0 there s one room where the victim s family sits, the other room where the inmate s family sits. they brought mr. maguire in, laid him on the table, before they gave him the fatal injection, they asked if he had any last words, he said very brief things, thanking the stewart family for the letter they sent. he said i m going to heaven, i ll see you there when you come. the drugs kicked in and he appeared to be asleep for about five minutes and then he convulsed, he gasped, for the next ten minutes, he was gasping for air, he appeared to be unconscious, it s unclear if he was aware of what was going on, but his body was making some deep inhales, sort of like a violent snore, that went on for several minutes, during that time his family was crying. the victim s family watched stow wickly. after ten minutes of that, the ward on signaled for the physician to come n they inspected him and the time of death was declared at 10:53 a.m. so the whole process took a little over 20 minutes. whe