Deborah Denno comments to National Public Radio on how corrections officials across the country are looking for new options amid a dwindling supply of one of the three drugs used for lethal injections in most states.
Fordham Law School professor Deborah Denno, an expert on lethal injection, says the issue is far from settled. She says legal battles will continue to get prison officials to reveal their sources and drug expiration dates.
“I think this recent litigation shows that attorneys are going to pursue these kinds of issues to the bitter end,” she says. “I see this as being a huge problem for states. It’s going to delay executions, and there’s no ready resolution for what states are going to do. What are they going to do?”
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