Deborah Denno quoted in the Global Post about a report acknowledging that the IV used to administer a lethal injection to Oklahoma death row inmate Clayton Lockett during a recent botched execution was badly placed and not properly monitored.
Deborah Denno, a professor at Fordham University School of Law, said the the challenges with IV access, hindered visibility and inadequately trained personnel were all foreseeable problems in Lockett’s case due to previously botched executions.
“The need for more ‘thorough research and review’ of these procedures has been urged repeatedly over the decades, yet regularly ignored by departments of corrections,” she said in an email.
“Our country’s confidence in states’ abilities to conduct executions properly has reached the lowest point.”
Read the entire Global Post article.