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    Does it matter how a condemned man dies?

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    By on July 26, 2014 Deborah Denno, Faculty, In the News

    Deborah Denno quoted in a GQ magazine story about the types of execution in the US and the choice of those over lethal injection.

    In 2005, in Delaware, the main IV line became blocked during the execution of Brian Steckel. The sedative drug wasn’t administered properly, and Steckel stayed conscious as the pancuronium bromide trickled into his vein. According to Fordham University law professor Deborah Denno, Steckel then started to convulse.

    Read the entire GQ magazine article.
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