Deborah Denno comments to the Daily Record about an Ohio execution that public defenders called a “failed, agonizing experiment” and one longtime reporter described as the most disturbing execution he has witnessed.
Deborah Denno, a professor at Fordham University School of Law who has studied executions nationally, said accounts she has read indicate a “botched” execution.
“People are saying he was coughing and having reactions,” she said. “That shouldn’t be happening with a lethal injection. … When the inmate does seemingly suffer or have a problem, then (the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is) incompetent. They’re not doing their job right.”
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