Deborah Denno was quoted in the San Jose Mercury News about California’s new lethal injection procedures.
Legal experts say California will have to provide details in its proposal on how it will secure execution drugs, because the overall plan must still survive court review. A San Francisco federal judge at some point is expected to consider the legality of the state’s new procedures.
“Traditionally, of course, requiring drug sources has not been part of a lethal injection protocol,” said Deborah Denno, a lethal injection expert at Fordham University law school. “But the past few years have shown us that that drug-acquisition information is critically important.”