Professor Deborah Denno was quoted in WCPO Cincinnati about the availability of a lethal injection drug sought by Ohio leaders so they can resume executions of the 139 convicted murderers currently sitting on death row.
Many compounding pharmacies, however, don’t want the bad publicity that could come with making a death penalty drug, said Deborah Denno, a law professor at Fordham University in New York who has extensively researched the death penalty.
“Sometimes they can get it, sometimes they cannot,” Denno said. “It’s hard to get these compounded drugs. It’s not lucrative; we’re just talking about a few drugs for these executions. A lot of these pharmacies – it’s just not worth even risking.”