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

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

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

But questions about the painlessness and efficacy of lethal injection were emerging.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson