The Lethal Injection

Capital punishment hasn't been used in the UK since 1964, however many countries, including the USA and China, still execute prisoners ever year. This week the USA has carried out its first lethal injections since the botched execution of convict Clayton Lockett in April, who died from a heart attack nearly an hour after receiving his injection. The controversial technique has been used as a form of capital punishment in the states since the 70s, with over 1000 inmates being executed this way alone. Here is your Quick Fire Science on the lethal injection with Graihagh Jackson and Georgia... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

You can listen to The Lethal Injection online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

The Lethal Injection is an episode from Quick Fire Science, from the Naked Scientists by Dr Chris Smith.

This episode is 00:02:30 long.

This episode was published on Jun 18, 2014.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Quick Fire Science, from the Naked Scientists when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.