Author Corinna Barrett Lain, Death Penalty Expert, reveals findings from seven years of research on lethal injection.

Lethal injection is the primary method of execution in 28 of the 29 states that use them as punishment. Legal scholar Corinna Barrett Lain plans to unveil the secrets of lethal injection during a Sept. 22 discussion at the University of Mississippi School of Law.

Lain teaches at the University of Richmond School of Law. She plans to share the unknown truths of lethal injection discovered during research for her book “Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection” (NYU Press, 2025).

A former prosecutor, Lain wrote two legal history papers about capital punishment before this book. Read more.