mr. mcguire. >> ok. thank you. tom mcguire, sustainable streets director for the sfmta where i oversee many of the functions and programmes that the supervisor described in his discussion regarding public and traffic regulation around the city. we appreciate the opportunity to say a few words about this whole legislative area today and some areas -- ways in which we think we can do better. we certainly understand that this proposal, as well as the legislation that you and supervisor peskin introduced yesterday, was borne out of real frustration with the way the sfmta is doing business, particularly at the neighbourhood scale, in terms of responding to requests around things like stop signs and safety areas. safety programmes. it's our intention, as you said, to outline over the next 90 days for each member of the board of supervisors as well as for our m.t.a. board ways in which we can be more responsive, be more proactive, and also be more accountable to you and to all 800,000 users of the transportation system and

mr. mcguire we argued that midazolam was likely to leave him in severe pain, almost torture, as if he werening or unable to breathe and choking and gasping for air. >> but arguing the dangers of midazolam presented an unnerving catch-22. >> the burden of proof is so high to show that it's going to go bad it actually has to go bad. >> the judge said that this was clearly an experiment. but he likewise said that the inmate was not entitled to a pain free execution. >> the federal court has ruled that they believe the execution will be humane. if i believe that it would not be, we would not be proceeding. >> dennis mcguire was led into the execution chamber on january 16, 2014. >> dennis mcguire had a very brief but emotional final statement. he said he was sorry for what he had , and he apologid the family. he mentioned the son and daughter who were there and how he loved them. and then the drugs began flowing. it typically would have been five or six, maybe ten minutes, and it would have been all over, but after a few minutes, dennis mcguire began gasping, sucking in breath. for 13 minutes,