Deborah Denno comments to the San Jose Mercury News on a federal judge’s decision to allow a prisoner to choose between execution by a single drug, or face the prospect of being put to death under the state’s preferred method of execution, a combination of three drugs.
Deborah Denno, a Fordham University law professor, said Fogel had “introduced a new, but sensible vehicle” for trying to ensure a humane execution, “while also sending a clear message to the state that progress is needed on how (prison officials) conduct lethal injection executions.”
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