Deborah Denno quoted in the Tulsa World regarding an independent autopsy investigating the botched execution of Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett that found the medical team failed to set an IV multiple times and ultimately perforated a vein during his botched execution.
Deborah Denno, a law professor at Fordham University who has published numerous articles about the death penalty, said Cohen’s report indicates “extraordinary incompetence on the part of the execution team.”
“This type of incompetence by execution teams has existed for decades and it is all the more reason to lift the heavy veil of secrecy concerning executions,” she said.
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