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Complications and problems arose in a third of lethal injection executions in the United States this year.
This is the result of a study by the Death Penalty Information Center organization published on Friday.
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 USA 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 overall.
It reported "incompetence on the part of the executers, failure to follow protocols, or errors in protocols."
Many manufacturers refuse to supply lethal injections
Just a few days ago, the US state of Mississippi carried out the death penalty for the first time in a year.
Authorities said the ex-soldier, who was sentenced to death, was executed by lethal injection at Parchman Detention Center.
The 58-year-old was found guilty in 2001 of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 16-year-old girl.
He had confessed to the deeds.
It was the first execution in Conservative-ruled Mississippi this year and the second since 2013.
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.
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