Deborah Denno
fordham University Law School professor
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The firing squad is considered to be more certain,
- Denno explainedFox Newsfoxnews.com/us/fort…
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,
- Fordham Law Professor Deborah Denno, a leading expert on capital punishment, told Fox News DigitalFox Newsfoxnews.com/us/fort…
The state has one bite of the apple,
- Denno said, describing the double-jeopardy argument Pike’s lawyers could pursueNewsweeknewsweek.com/christa/pike…
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 saidNewsweeknewsweek.com/executing/christa…
In terms of double jeopardy, they have already carried out the punishment fully,
- Denno saidNewsweeknewsweek.com/executing/christa…
Certainly in her case, there would be a risk of severe pain because there already has been,
- Denno saidNewsweeknewsweek.com/executing/christa…
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