Deborah Denno

fordham University Law School professor

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I think it's highly likely that if firing squad is successful here and successful in quotes because we still don't always know what a person is going through, but let's say it's a very quick execution, that it seems conceivable that it would be used on other inmates as well,
The firing squad is considered to be more certain,
The state has one bite of the apple,
The physical injuries could come into play in arguing that she certainly couldn’t be executed by lethal injection because of these physical injuries,
In terms of double jeopardy, they have already carried out the punishment fully,
Certainly in her case, there would be a risk of severe pain because there already has been,

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