Deborah Denno comments to the Washington Post on the Supreme Court’s halt of the execution of a Missouri death-row inmate who said he is afflicted with a rare condition that means lethal injection would be likely to cause him an unconstitutional degree of pain and suffering.
Deborah W. Denno, a Fordham University professor and a death-penalty expert, said it seems the botched execution in Oklahoma has made courts more tentative when it comes to approving executions.
“It seems like Oklahoma has legally thrown everyone through a loop,” she said. “It seems to have an effect. It seems to make courts take everything with a greater caution.”
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