Deborah Denno comments to the Gainesville Sun on how the Florida Supreme Court approved the state’s new lethal injection procedure Thursday, signaling that the stayed execution of an inmate on death row who challenged the procedure can take place.
Deborah Denno, a law professor at Fordham University in New York, who has studied lethal injection procedures in the U.S., disagreed with the ruling. She pointed out that in the case of Heath’s testimony, “As an anesthesiologist in a hospital setting, that’s an entirely different kettle of fish than what happens in a prison setting.”
She also said that the court struck down Muhammad’s requests for information, for example, on members of the execution team and their qualifications.
“The process remains absolutely shut and sealed and secretive,” she said.
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