lethal injection

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

Continued litigation about lethal injection protocols and other questions about the reliability of the death penalty slowed the execution rate in Alabama dramatically.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson