Deborah Denno quoted in Gpb News on the execution of Andrew DeYoung and how it could set a legal precedent as the first execution videotaped in this country since 1992.
Fordham Law School professor Deborah Denno says, since there are ongoing challenges to the death penalty’s constitutionality, she believes, courts are likely to grant more requests for videotaped executions.
“I think that this is something that other lawyers are going to be requesting in cases,” Denno says. “And there’s a likelihood that those requests may be granted.”
Georgia’s Attorney General’s office warned, the videotaping could lead to “sensationalism and abuse.”
“States follow other states and lawyers follow other lawyers,” Denno says. “So, it wouldn’t be a surprise if other states and other lawyers started to request that the executions be videotaped.”
Denno says, she’s less concerned about the videos leaking to the public as she is about the impression the tapes may foster that lethal injection is a painless procedure.
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