Deborah Denno quoted in Matther T. Mangino’s blog about the firing squad in the wake of the botched lethal injection of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma.
Deborah W. Denno, a law professor at Fordham University and an expert on the death penalty told the New York Times the most humane way to carry out the death penalty is through the use of a firing squad.
Denno said the firing squad is quick, effective and affordable. “It’s the most humane procedure,” Denno said. “It’s only because of this Wild West notion that people are against it.”
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