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

So this summer they put him down by lethal injection, according to Tom Stephenson, who leads the Sierra Nevada bighorn recovery program for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Sigmon's lawyer, Bo King, had been hoping for a last-minute stay of execution by the South Carolina governor and accused the state of withholding information about the lethal injection process.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

Proponents of that legislation claimed that nitrogen hypoxia, which had been used only once in an execution, would be simpler and less likely to be botched than lethal injection.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2025

But questions about the painlessness and efficacy of lethal injection were emerging.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson