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[[Image:lethalinjection.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A corrections officer preparing for a lethal injection.]]

[[Image:lethalinjection.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A corrections officer preparing for a lethal injection.]]

'''Lethal injection''' is a method of [[execution]] used in [[capital punishment]]. The usual procedure for lethal injection involves strapping a prisoner down to a gurney-style bed. Two sets of [[intravenous]] tubes are inserted into each of the prisoner's arms.  A typical lethal injection will include three [[drug]]s:

'''Lethal injection''' is a method of [[execution]] used in [[capital punishment]]. The usual procedure for lethal injection involves strapping a prisoner down to a gurney-style bed. Two sets of [[intravenous]] tubes are inserted into each of the prisoner's arms.  A typical lethal injection will include three [[drug]]s:

* [[Sodium pentathol]] - a sedative to put the prisoner to sleep

* [[Sodium Pentathol]] - a sedative to put the prisoner to sleep

* [[Pancuronium bromide]] - a [[paralysis|paralyzing]] agent that stops the prisoner's breathing

* [[Pancuronium Bromide]] - a [[paralysis|paralyzing]] agent that stops the prisoner's 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]]. <ref>http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm</ref>

Lethal injection was first used on December 7, 1982, when Charlie Brooks was executed in [[Texas]]. <ref>http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm</ref>