Deborah Denno quoted in a Los Angeles Times story about how critics of capital punishment have called for a thorough investigation into why it took almost two hours for Joseph Rudolph Wood to die in Arizona, as well as an examination of all of the issues surrounding execution procedures.
“The prolonged execution and suffering of Joseph Wood was predicted by his attorneys and validated by others,” said Fordham law professor Deborah W. Denno, an expert on lethal injection. “It is one of a pattern of botched executions that has resulted from an unacceptable level of secrecy on the part of the a Department of Corrections. The execution procedure has never been worse and it will continue on until something is done.”
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