Deborah Denno commented in the Los Angeles Times about a doctor’s scheduled participation in Missouri’s execution of convicted murderer Russell Bucklew, amid a furious debate after the botched lethal injection in Oklahoma.
Other states have since refused to identify doctors involved in executions, said Deborah Denno, a professor at Fordham Law School and a death penalty expert. That makes oversight nearly impossible, she said.
In Missouri, the execution team includes an unidentified, board-certified anesthesiologist, referred to in court proceedings as “M3.”
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