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

My research found that more than 3 percent of all executions go awry and that lethal injection, the most commonly employed execution method, is the most unreliable.

From Slate • May 12, 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

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