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{{short description|Form of execution involving injection of chemicals into the bloodstream}}
{{About||the 1993 album|Lethal Injection (album)|the 1996 television episode|Lethal Injection (The Burning Zone)}}
{{Globalize||US|date=August 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2016}}
[[File:Map of US lethal injection usage.svg|thumb|250px|Usage of lethal injection for the death penalty by jurisdiction in the United States in 2021
<br />'''With the death penalty'''
<br />'''With the chair, use the same map image and caption format. If you change the image or caption, please change the others too. -->▼
{{legend|#CC6633;|Jurisdiction uses only this method}}
{{legend|#FF9900;|Jurisdiction uses this method primarily but has other methods}}
'''Without the death penalty'''
{{legend|#7fff00;|Jurisdiction once used this method, but no longer does}}
{{legend|#0048BA;|Jurisdiction once adopted this method, but never actually used it}}
{{legend|#0099CC;|Jurisdiction has never adopted or used this method}}
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'''Lethal injection''' is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a [[barbiturate]], [[Neuromuscular-blocking drug|paralytic]], and [[potassium chloride|potassium]] solution) for the express purpose of causing rapid [[death]]. The main application for this procedure is [[capital punishment]], but the term may also be applied in a broader sense to include [[euthanasia]] and other forms of [[suicide]]. The drugs cause the person to become unconscious, stops their breathing, and causes a heart arrhythmia, in that order.
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