Deborah Denno quoted in an Epoch Times story about the scholars that work to determine the humanity of the US execution process.
Meanwhile, across the continent, in the gentility of Fordham University’s school of law, Arthur A. McGivney Professor Deborah W. Denno writes scholarly articles about “working the chemicals” that are published in the nation’s leading law journals and quoted at death penalty hearings before the United States Supreme Court.Woodford, Denno and Kase could not be more different in personality and background, yet all have thrust themselves into the battle against capital punishment. There was a time when working in capital punishment was considered men’s work that was too gruesome for women. Not anymore.When lethal injections supplanted the “hot squat” (the electric chair) as a more “humane” means of extinguishing human life, Deborah Denno made the cruelty of lethal injections her academic focus. Denno’s work is invaluable in helping to paint for the public a complete picture of executions, from electrocution to the death gurney says Steve Hall, executive director of the Texas abolitionist group StandDown.In a field once dominated by men, Kase, Denno and Woodford are bringing new passion to the fight against the death penalty along with a small pool of capital defenders like Judy Clarke and Maurie Levin. This week’s shocking botched execution may bring more Americans to their side of the issue.
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