Deborah Denno quoted in RT about Virginia lawmakers who are reportedly set to vote on using the electric chair as a default form of execution because of a shortage of drugs. If the measure is approved, Virginia would become the only state where prisoners are forced into the punishment.
In spite of the push to reintroduce some of the older methods of execution, some argue that the transition will be difficult. Deborah Denno, a professor of law at Fordham University’s School of Law told AFP that “the very reason they went to lethal injection is because electrocution wasn’t working, lethal gas wasn’t working.”
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