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* ''Pavulon'' - a paralyzing agent that to stop the breathing
* ''Pavulon'' - a paralyzing agent that to stop the breathing
* ''Potassium Chloride'' - a drug that causes the [[heart]] to cease beating.
* ''Potassium Chloride'' - a drug that causes the [[heart]] to cease beating.
Lethal injection was first used on December 7, 1982, when Charlie Brooks was executed in [[Texas]]. [http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm]
Death by lethal injection has not traditionally been believed to be painful as the inmate will go to sleep prior to the [[death]]-inducing drugs being pumped in their veins, however, recent medical findings have called this into question. [http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/264/story/19957.html] Lethal injection is the preferred method for executions in the [[United States]]. It is also used in [[Japan]] and [[Arab]] countries, and has also been used in Guatemala and the Philippines. [http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/injection.html]
Death by lethal injection has not traditionally been believed to be painful as the inmate will go to sleep prior to the [[death]]-inducing drugs being pumped in their veins, however, recent medical findings have called this into question. [http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/264/story/19957.html] Lethal injection is the preferred method for executions in the [[United States]]. It is also used in [[Japan]] and [[Arab]] countries, and has also been used in Guatemala and the Philippines. [http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/injection.html]