CHICAGO — Executions by lethal injection involve a common medical procedure and government-approved medications — used for non-medical purposes. That’s one reason why the American Medical Association ...

OLYMPIA — Washington’s lethal injection method is illegal because it can’t ensure condemned inmates will be totally unconscious when fatal drugs flow into their veins, three death row prisoners argued ...

The Alabama Department of Corrections has released the written procedure it uses for executing death row inmates to several media outlets under a court order. Alabama Media Group—which includes AL.com ...

Nearly eight months after the first failed execution in Idaho history, the state prison system has in place changes to its lethal injection procedures in efforts to maintain capital punishment and ...

Intravenous (IV) therapy is administering fluids directly into a vein. It benefits treatment by enabling water, medication, blood, or nutrients to access the body faster through the circulatory system ...