Deborah Denno quoted in Al-Jazeera America about the decision by state authorities in Oklahoma to keep a botched execution hidden behind a curtain from press and public observers is being legally challenged, with the ACLU, The Guardian and the Oklahoma Observer charging that prison officials acted unconstitutionally.
“Historically, states were using the same three drug process, so even if they didn’t spell everything out there was some commonality in executions,” said Deborah Denno a professor who has focused on executions at Fordham University School of Law. “But now we know less, and it’s a big deal because with these new kinds of drugs, every execution is an experiment.”
Read the entire Al-Jazeera America article.