Deborah Denno comments to Agence France-Presse on how a US murderer struggled and gasped for air for at least 10 minutes as he was put to death in a prolonged execution using a controversial new drug cocktail.
“In light of the length and disturbing descriptions of Dennis McGuire’s execution, in addition to the range of lethal injection complications reported in other states, it appears that this country’s lethal injection procedure is more egregious and problematic than it ever has been,” Deborah Denno, from the Fordham University School of Law, told AFP in an email.
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