lethal injection
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Even before he took office, the state’s use of lethal injection drugs was part of a long-running and now-dormant legal battle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
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
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
