Editing Lethal injection (section)

===Procedure in China===
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In the past, the [[People's Republic of China]] executed prisoners primarily by [[Execution by shooting|means of shooting]]. In recent years, lethal injection has become more common. The specific lethal injection procedures, including the drug or drugs used, are a state secret and not publicly known.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://law.fordham.edu/faculty/19974.htm |title=Drug shortage throws US executions into disarray |first=Lucile |last=Malandain |work=Agence France-Press |date=October 24, 2010 |access-date=March 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216013209/http://law.fordham.edu/faculty/19974.htm |archive-date=December 16, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Lethal injection in China was legalized in 1996. The number of shooting executions slowly decreased; and, in February 2009, the [[Supreme People's Court]] ordered the discontinuation of [[Execution by firing squad|firing squads]] by the following year under the conclusion that injections were more humane to the prisoner. It has been suggested that the switch is also in response to executions being horrifying to the public. Lethal injections are less expensive than firing squads, with a single dose costing 300 [[yuan (currency)|yuan]] compared to 700 yuan for a shooting execution.<ref name="asiatimes20091216">{{cite news |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KL16Ad01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218062406/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KL16Ad01.html |url-status=unfit |archive-date=December 18, 2009 |title=China injects 'humanity' into death sentence |work=[[Asia Times Online]] |first=Cristian |last=Segura |date=December 16, 2009 |access-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref>