Fordham Law School Professor Deborah Denno, a leading death penalty expert, discussed upcoming Supreme Court cases on death penalty protocols with Rights Wire.
DD: It’s inevitable that discussions about the execution process are going to make us question why we even have a death penalty. It seems to have an impact on opinion polls, and it certainly has an impact on litigation as well as how people view the death penalty. From that perspective, any issue involving the execution process will make us reflect on the death penalty.
Read the entire Q&A here.