Lethal injection
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| + | '''Lethal injection''' is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs (typically a [[barbiturate]], [[Neuromuscular-blocking drug|paralytic]], and [[potassium chloride|potassium solution]]) for the express purpose of causing immediate death. The main application for this procedure is [[capital punishment]], but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to [[euthanasia]] and [[suicide]]. It kills the person by first putting the person to sleep, and then stopping the breathing and heart, in that order. | ||
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| + | *[[Capital punishment in the United States]] | ||
| + | *[[Euthanasia]] | ||
| + | *[[Execution chamber]] | ||
| + | *[[Karl Brandt]] | ||
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Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing immediate death. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide. It kills the person by first putting the person to sleep, and then stopping the breathing and heart, in that order.
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