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Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing rapid death.
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Mark James Asay was the first person executed by lethal injection using the drug etomidate. Robert Lee Massie was California's longest-serving death row inmate prior to his execution in 2001. Donald Dillbeck was Florida's 100th execution since the reinstatement of the death penalty.
NameBornDiedAge1963200642193719955819512008571975201034May 1, 2019 · Watch as the AJC explains, through animation, how lethal injection in Georgia works. (Video by Chanel Nicholson, Reporting by Rosalind Bentley/AJC)
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Nov 28, 2023 · Here’s what happens in one state during a typical three-drug lethal injection, the most common method of enacting the death penalty where it is legal in the US.
- Lethal Injection. In 1977, Oklahoma became the first state to adopt lethal injection as a means of execution, though it would be five more years until Charles Brooks would become the first person executed by lethal injection in Texas on December 2, 1982.
- Electrocution. Seeking a more humane method of execution than hanging, New York built the first electric chair in 1888 and executed William Kemmler in 1890.
- Gas Chamber. In 1924, the use of cyanide gas was introduced as Nevada sought a more humane way of executing its condemned prisoners. Gee Jon was the first person executed by lethal gas.
- Firing Squad. On March 23, 2015, firing squad was reauthorized in Utah as a viable method of execution if, and only if the state was unable to obtain the drugs necessary to carry out a lethal injection execution.
Due to drug shortages, states have adopted new lethal-injection methods, including: ONE DRUG: Eight states have used a single-drug method for executions—a lethal dose of an anesthetic (Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington).
Mar 5, 2018 · In 1982, the first execution by lethal injection was carried out by the state of Texas, after which it gradually replaced the electric chair across the nation.
