Corinna Lain weighs in on 4 executions scheduled in 4 states
Corinna Lain weighs in on 4 executions scheduled in 4 states
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Over the next four days, four inmates in four states are scheduled to be put to death – a cluster that, while not abnormal – comes amid a national uptick in executions as President Donald Trump calls for the death penalty’s expansion.The executions are slated to begin Tuesday, when Alabama is scheduled to put Gregory Hunt to death for the murder of Karen Lane. On the same day, Florida plans to execute Anthony Wainwright for the murder of Carmen Gayheart…
“If a state is inclined to conduct executions anyway, Trump’s rhetoric would be the wind behind them pushing them to do that,” said Corinna Lain, a University of Richmond law professor and author of “Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection.”