How much does it cost to do a lethal injection?

Switching to pentobarbital, also known as Nembutal, raised the cost of drugs for each execution to $1,286.86. "While the cost of the other two drugs may have gone up, the difference is primarily due to pentobarbital,” Jason Clark, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, told The Times on Friday. read more

Death-penalty opponent Elaine Engelgau holds a sign during a protest outside the South Dakota Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, S.D. Amber Hunt/AP Lethal injection was once a go-to method for the humane execution of prisoners, dating to its first use in the US back in 1982. read more