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The effectiveness of Sodium Thiopental varies from person to person. Historical evidence suggests that an unknown quantity of lethal injection executions occur with the subject awake and aware of their bodily shutdown, due to incorrect use of the anesthetic agent. It's almost impossible to be 100 percent sure when the goal is to get things over with quickly and efficiently.