Lethal injection: Difference between revisions

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First developed in the [[Capital punishment in the United States|United States]], it has become a legal means of execution in [[Capital punishment in China|Mainland China]], [[Capital punishment in Thailand|Thailand]] (since 2003), [[Capital punishment in Guatemala|Guatemala]], [[Capital punishment in Taiwan|Taiwan]], the [[Capital punishment in the Maldives|Maldives]], [[Capital punishment in Nigeria|Nigeria]], and [[Capital punishment in Vietnam|Vietnam]], though Guatemala abolished the death penalty in civil cases in 2017 and has not conducted an execution since 2000 and the Maldives has never carried out an execution since its independence. Although Taiwan permits lethal injection as an execution method, no executions have been carried out in this manner;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/country-search-post.cfm?country=Taiwan |title=The Death Penalty in Taiwan |access-date=2018-01-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118013613/http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/country-search-post.cfm?country=Taiwan |archive-date=November 18, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> the same is true for Nigeria. Lethal injection was also used in the [[Capital punishment in the Philippines|Philippines]] until the country re-abolished the death penalty in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/injection.html|title=Lethal injection|website=www.capitalpunishmentuk.org|access-date=2016-07-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202827/http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/injection.html|archive-date=March 3, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>