Fordham Law School Professor Deborah Denno spoke to OpEd News about an Oklahoma state Senator’s claims nitrogen would be a humane means of execution in lieu of lethal injection drugs not being available.
“If you look at all the statements and newspaper clippings made in 1977 when lethal injection was introduced [ironically in Oklahoma], they sound very similar”, said Denno, “you can’t ask a person who was executed if their death was cruel.”
Read OpEd News’ entire article here.