capital punishment was introduced in the uk in 1965.
capital punishment was introduced in the uk in 1965.
when was capital punishment introduced in the uk?
1965
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on may 11, 1977, oklahoma's state medical examiner jay chapman proposed a new, less painful method of execution, known as chapman's protocol: "an intravenous saline drip shall be started in the prisoner's arm, into which shall be introduced a lethal injection consisting of an ultrashort-acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical paralytic." after the procedure was approved by anesthesiologist stanley deutsch, formerly head of the department of anaesthesiology of the oklahoma university medical school, the reverend bill wiseman introduced the method into the oklahoma legislature, where it passed and was quickly adopted (title 22, section 1014(a)). since then, until 2004, 37 of the 38 states using capital punishment introduced lethal injection statutes. on august 29, 1977, texas adopted the new method of execution, switching to lethal injection from electrocution. on december 7, 1982, texas became the first state to use lethal injection to carry out capital punishment, for the execution of charles brooks, jr.
lethal injection