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
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
The story would likely be the same in several other death penalty swing states, especially where executions were put on hold because of difficulties obtaining drugs needed to carry out lethal injection executions.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 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
