Deborah Denno was quoted in an Associated Press article about how a court-ordered delay of Nevada’s first execution in 12 years might have an impact on the other states that allow capital punishment.
A court-ordered delay of Nevada’s first execution in 12 years over a drug company’s bid to block the use of its product could have a ripple effect in the other 30 states that allow capital punishment, experts said Thursday.
“The Nevada case could stall executions in other states if other companies and organizations follow Alvogen’s lead,” said Deborah Denno, a Fordham University law professor who studies death penalty.
Denno referred to a lawsuit filed last week in Las Vegas by New Jersey-based pharmaceutical firm Alvogen that stopped Scott Raymond Dozier’s scheduled execution July 11.
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