Deborah Denno comments to The Globe and Mail about the execution of Dennis McGuire, seen by observers as the latest sign of the chaos in which the American capital punishment system has plunged because of a scarcity of drugs.
“They’re engaging basically in acts of desperation. The states are under enormous pressure to continue with the death penalty,” Fordham University law professor Deborah Denno said in an interview.
“They’re doing everything they can to perpetuate this process. At the same time they have their backs against the wall because the drugs they have been using in the past are no longer available.”
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