lethal injection: Quick Facts

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Lethal injection aims to disguise the brutal reality of capital punishment • Oct. 15, 2026, 6:31 PM ET (The Orange County Register)

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Padded gurney with black restraints and IV stands, used for lethal injection, sits in a bare room with white cinder block walls at the New Mexico state penitentiary.

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