Deborah West Denno (born June 6, 1952)[1] is an American legal scholar and criminologist who studies the intersection of biology, neuroscience, and criminal law.
In 2007, she was named one of the fifty most influential women lawyers in the United States by the National Law Journal.
[2] She is known for her writings on the constitutionality of certain methods of capital punishment, such as lethal injection.
[3] A 2006 article in the Washington Post described her as "a leading expert on executions in the United States.
Before joining the faculty of Fordham in 1991, she clerked for Justice Anthony J. Scirica and worked at the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.