Deborah Denno quoted in an Associated Press story about the execution of Joseph Wood, who gasped for more than an hour and a half during his execution before he died, and the resulting scrutiny surrounding the death penalty in the U.S.
Deborah Denno, professor of criminal law and criminal procedure at Fordham Law School, said it may be up to Legislatures or the public to bring any change.
“I think every time one of these botches happens, it leads to questioning the death penalty even more,” she said. “It will reach a point where the public will question the value of these execution procedures generally, and perhaps the death penalty itself.”
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