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86.3% are killed from lethal injections

12.4% are killed from the electric chair

others- gas chamber, hanging, or fire squad, but that rarely ever happens
It depends entirely on where you are in the world. In America, its via the electric chair or lethal injection. In Pacific countries, methods such as beheading and hanging occur. Some countries, like Iran, don't prosecute people who stone others to death for breaking Muslim laws.

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criminals used to be executed by the electric chair, but now days they are executed by a lethal injection.

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