So far in 2022, 18 people have been sentenced to death in the United States. Apart from the Corona years, this is the lowest value since 1991.
Complications and problems arose in a third of lethal injection executions in the US this year. This is the result of a study recently published by the Death Penalty Information Center organization. A total of 18 people have been sentenced to death in the United States so far this year. Apart from the Corona years, this is the lowest value since 1991.
According to the information, there were a total of 20 execution attempts in the United States this year, two of which were aborted due to massive problems. The Death Penalty Information Center, which specializes in the death penalty, said there were “significant problems” in seven attempts. It reported “incompetence on the part of the executers, non-compliance with protocols, or errors in the protocols”.
The use of the death penalty in the United States has repeatedly been the subject of fierce criticism and disputes. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 37 of the 50 states have abolished the death penalty or have not used it for more than ten years. Many manufacturers of the drugs used in the lethal injections now refuse to sell their products to states that still use the death penalty.
(APA/dpa)