lethal injection

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Thirty-nine of last year's executions were carried out by lethal injection.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Kentucky has not carried out an execution in more than a decade because of problems with its lethal injection protocol and various legal challenges to it.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025

Cantu has the same name as the Texas death row inmate who was put to death with a lethal injection two days after Kardashian’s post.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

That review comes at a time when states have turned to pentobarbital due to a shortage of other lethal injection drugs.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

In the case I argued before the Court, we challenged the constitutionality of Alabama's protocols for lethal injection.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson