Can lethal injection for execution really be "fixed"?

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9559, 2007, Pages 352-353

  Koniaris, Leonidas G ^a   Sheldon, Jon P ^b   Zimmers, Teresa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; THIOPENTAL;

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DRUG INJECTION VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LETHAL DOSE; LETHALITY; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 33846627858     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60167-6     Document Type: Note

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