Deborah Denno comments to Time magazine on an Oklahoma judge’s ruling that a provision allowing the state to hide where it gets its execution drugs is unconstitutional — a decision could that could ripple in the dozen other states working to keep execution drugmakers anonymous.
“When it comes to lethal injection, states have always paid attention to what’s happening in other states, whether it’s switching to different drugs or different methods,” said Deborah Denno, a Fordham University law professor who studies capital punishment. “And I think other judges are going to take this decision into consideration.” Denno added that Judge Parrish was quoted as saying that the issue was “not even a close call.”
“If you have a judge in such a key death penalty state saying it wasn’t a close call, that’s powerful,” Denno said.
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