lethal injection

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The memo also defends the use of lethal injection, calling the drug pentobarbital "the gold standard of lethal injection drugs".

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

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

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