Deborah Denno quoted in a Fox News story about Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s order of a review of the state’s execution process after a convicted double murderer gasped and snorted for more than an hour and a half before his death.
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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