Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Lethal Injections
Overview
John Oliver discusses the lethal injection process, which is definitely not as pleasant as talking about a squeaking frog.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2019-05-05
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Lethal Injections is Episode 10 in Season 6 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2019-05-05. The runtime is 30 min.
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