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Lethal injection was also used in the Philippines until the country re-abolished the death penalty in 2006. [2] Although primarily introduced as a more "humane" method of execution, lethal injection has been subject to criticism, being described by some as cruel and unusual.
Terry Melvin Sims was the first person executed by lethal injection in the state of Florida. 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.
Lethal injection: First used in the United States in 1982, lethal injection has since been adopted by China, Guatemala, Maldives, Nigeria, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Electrocution: Only ever used by the United States and Philippines. Only South Carolina has it as the primary method.
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 25, 2024 Kenneth Eugene Smith: 58 22 36 Male White Alabama: Nitrogen hypoxia [8] 2 February 28, 2024 Ivan Abner Cantu: 50 27 23 Hispanic Texas: Lethal injection [9] 3 March 20, 2024 Willie James Pye: 59 28 31 Black Georgia ...
Alva Campbell (2017) – Lethal injection (attempted). Executioners were unable to find a suitable vein. A second attempt was scheduled for 2019, but he died in prison from natural causes in 2018. Doyle Lee Hamm (2018) – Lethal injection (attempted). Was stabbed with needles for more than two and a half hours as the execution team tried to ...
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January, 2025 Demetrius Terrence Frazier: 52 19 33 Male Black Alabama: Nitrogen hypoxia: Profile: 2 February 5, 2025 Steven Lawayne Nelson: 37 24 13 Texas: Lethal injection: Profile: 3 February 13, 2025 Richard Lee Tabler: 46 25 21 ...
Of the 28 people executed, 20 were executed via electrocution and 8 via lethal injection. The most recent Louisiana inmate to be put to death, Gerald Bordelon, waived his appeals and asked the state to carry out his sentence. [1]
A gurney at San Quentin State Prison in California formerly used for executions by lethal injection Trends in most of the world have long been to move to private and less painful executions. France adopted the guillotine for this reason in the final years of the 18th century, while Britain banned hanging, drawing, and quartering in the early ...