Deborah Denno

The physical injuries could come into play in arguing that she certainly couldn’t be executed by lethal injection because of these physical injuries,

• Denno said
  Newsweeknewsweek.com/executing/christa…Oct 8, 23:45

In terms of double jeopardy, they have already carried out the punishment fully,

• Denno said
  Newsweeknewsweek.com/executing/christa…Oct 8, 23:45

Certainly in her case, there would be a risk of severe pain because there already has been,

• Denno said
  Newsweeknewsweek.com/executing/christa…Oct 8, 23:45

The state has one bite of the apple,

• Denno said, describing the double-jeopardy argument Pike’s lawyers could pursue
  Newsweeknewsweek.com/executing/christa…Oct 8, 23:45

They did everything they were supposed to do as part of the execution process, and it simply didn't work,

• Denno said
  Saudi Gazettesaudigazette.com.sa/article/66…Oct 7, 12:56
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Drug shortages have devastated this country's execution process to an unparalleled degree,

• Deborah Denno, a Fordham University law professor who has studied lethal injection for decades, told Newsweek on Saturday
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