* ''Potassium Chloride'' - a drug that causes the [[heart]] to cease beating.
* ''Potassium Chloride'' - a drug that causes the [[heart]] to cease beating.
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Death by lethal injection is not painful as the inmate will go to sleep prior to the [[death]]-inducing drugs are pumped in their veins. Lethal injection is the preferred method for executions in the [[United States]]. It is also used in [[Japan]] and [[Arab]] countries.
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Death by lethal injection is not believed to be painful as the inmate will go to sleep prior to the [[death]]-inducing drugs being pumped in their veins. Lethal injection is the preferred method for executions in the [[United States]]. It is also used in [[Japan]] and [[Arab]] countries.