query: when was the last time an electric chair used

pos: Electric chair Constitution. David Earl Miller, executed in the electric chair at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee on December 6, 2018 was the most recent execution by electrocution. Prior to Miller, the most recent electrocution was of Edmund Zagorski, also at the Riverbend Maximun Security Institution, occurring 35 days prior to Miller on November 1, 2018. The most recent execution in the electric chair outside of Tennessee was Robert Gleason, who was executed in the electric chair at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, on January 16, 2013. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/11/01/execution-edmund-zagorski-tennessee-electric-chair/1853152002/ Electric chair Execution by electrocution, performed using an electric

pos: Capital punishment in Virginia modified along the same lines. The first person executed after being sentenced to death under these laws was Frank Coppola on August 10, 1982. He was the first of individual executed by the state in the modern era. The electric chair continued to be solely used until 1994, when legislation was enacted giving inmates the choice of lethal injection or the electric chair, with lethal injection the default method if no choice was made. Seven inmates have since opted for the Virginia electric chair; the most recent was Robert Gleason on January 16, 2013. Former Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has

pos: Robert Gleason (murderer) waived his appeals, and got his wish after choosing the electric chair over lethal injection. Gleason was executed by electric chair at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, on January 16, 2013, at 9:08pm. His last words were purportedly "Well, I hope Percy ain't going to forget to wet the sponge. Put me on the highway to Jackson and call my Irish buddies. Póg mo thóin. God bless." The phrase "," is translated from Irish as "Kiss my ass." His execution was the first to be carried out by electric chair since the March 2010 execution of Paul Warner Powell,

pos: Robert Gleason (murderer) also in Virginia. Gleason stands as the most recent person to die in the Virginia electric chair and was the last person to die in the electric chair in any jurisdiction for almost six years until the November 2018 execution of Edmund Zagorski in Tennessee. Robert Gleason (murderer) Robert Charles Gleason, Jr. (April 10, 1970 - January 16, 2013) was an American murderer sentenced to death and executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for two separate murders of two of his cellmates. In 2009, Gleason was serving a life sentence for the 2007 murder of Michael Kent Jamerson (March 13,

neg: Electric chair in the same electric chair in Florida on January 24, 1989. The last person to be executed by electric chair without the choice of an alternative method was Lynda Lyon Block on May 10, 2002, in Alabama. The use of the electric chair has declined as legislators sought what they believed to be more humane methods of execution. Lethal injection became the most widely used method, aided by media reports of botched electrocutions in the early 1980s. The electric chair has been criticized because of several instances in which the subjects were killed only after being subjected to multiple electric

neg: Yellow Mama Yellow Mama Yellow Mama is the nickname given to Alabama's electric chair, which was used for executions from 1927–2002. First installed at Kilby State Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, the chair acquired its yellow color when painted using highway-line paint from the adjacent State Highway Department lab. The chair was built by a British inmate in 1927 and was first used to execute Horace DeVauhan that same year. The last person put to death in Yellow Mama was Lynda Lyon Block, who was executed in 2002. The chair is currently stored in an attic above the execution chamber at Holman Prison.

neg: Electric chair The entire execution took about eight minutes. George Westinghouse later commented that, "They would have done better using an axe", and a witnessing reporter claimed that it was "an awful spectacle, far worse than hanging". The electric chair was adopted by Ohio (1897), Massachusetts (1900), New Jersey (1906) and Virginia (1908), and soon became the prevalent method of execution in the United States, replacing hanging. Most of the states that currently use or have used the electric chair lie east of the Mississippi River. The electric chair remained the most prominent execution method until the mid-1980s when lethal injection became

neg: Capital punishment in Texas method used at the time was execution by firing squad, which was used for three Confederate deserters during the American Civil War as well as a man convicted of attempted rape in 1863. Texas changed its execution laws in 1923, requiring the executions be carried out on the electric chair and that they take place at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville (also known as Huntsville Unit). From 1928 until 1965, this was also home to the state's male death row. The first executions on the electric chair were on February 8, 1924, when Charles Reynolds, Ewell Morris, Harris Washington,

neg: Electrical injury for the mentally ill and some psychiatrists such as Thomas Szasz have asserted that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is torture when used without a "bona fide" medical benefit against recalcitrant or non-responsive patients. A similar argument and opposition apply to the use of painful shocks as punishment for behavior modification, a practice that is openly used only at the Judge Rotenberg Institute. Electric shock delivered by an electric chair is sometimes used as an official means of capital punishment in the United States, although its use has become rare in recent times. Although some original proponents of the electric chair considered

neg: Electric chair die by electrocution over lethal injection. After 1966, electrocutions ceased for a time in the United States, but the method continued in the Philippines. A well-publicized triple execution took place in May 1972, when Jaime Jose, Basilio Pineda and Edgardo Aquino were electrocuted for the 1967 abduction and gang-rape of the young actress Maggie dela Riva. The last execution in the Philippines was in 2000, utilizing lethal injection, and the death penalty was abolished six years later. Serial killer Lizzie Halliday was the first woman sentenced to die in the electric chair, in 1894, but governor Roswell P. Flower commuted

neg: Capital punishment in the District of Columbia candidate in presidential elections). In 1997, Mayor Marion Barry proposed a bill allowing capital punishment for the murder of public safety employees, which was rejected by the Council's Judiciary Committee. The first recorded execution in District of Columbia, was the hanging of James McGirk in 1802. The last execution under the authority of the District took place in 1957, when Robert Carter was put to death by electrocution. Hanging was the method of execution that had been used in the District until 1928, when it was replaced by the electric chair, last used in 1957. The President of the United

neg: Arthur Frederick Goode III boasting his crimes. He had a fixation with the child actor Ricky Schroder, and during an interview on the eve of his execution, he was asked if he had any last request. With a smile, he answered, "Yes, I want Ricky Schroder to sit on my lap when I am strapped into the electric chair." During the interview, he joked with reporters and had no remorse for the killing of the young boy. For his last meal, Goode had steak, corn, broccoli and cookies. He also reportedly requested to have intercourse with a little boy for the last time. Arthur

neg: Electric chair a front-page sensation the following morning, and remains one of the most famous photojournalism photographs of all time. A record was set on July 13, 1928, when seven men were executed consecutively in the electric chair at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville. On August 8, 1942, six German agents convicted of espionage and attempted sabotage in the Quirin case for their role in Operation Pastorius during World War II were executed by electric chair at the District of Columbia jail. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed by electric chair in 1953, after being convicted of espionage, involving sharing secrets

neg: Virginia Christian Virginia Christian Virginia Christian (15 August 1895 – 16 August 1912) was the first female criminal executed in the 20th century in the state of Virginia, and a juvenile offender executed in the United States. She was also the only female juvenile executed by electric chair and, to date, the last female criminal executed in the electric chair by the Commonwealth of Virginia. She was the last female criminal executed by the Commonwealth until Thursday, September 23, 2010 when Teresa Lewis became the first female criminal in nearly a century to be executed in the US state of Virginia. Christian,

neg: Electric chair Electric chair Execution by electrocution, performed using an electric chair, is a method of execution originating in the United States in which the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes fastened on the head and left ankle. This execution method, conceived in 1881 by a Buffalo, New York, dentist named Alfred P. Southwick, was developed throughout the 1880s as a "humane alternative" to hanging, and first used in 1890. This execution method has been used in the United States and, for a period of several decades, in the Philippines. Once the person was

neg: Throne Chairs of Norway Linstow. There is also a slightly smaller chair made in 1997. This belongs to the heir apparent. The Throne Chair in Trondheim was acquired to the coronation of Oscar II and Sophia of Nassau in 1873. The Throne Chair was used for the last time during the coronation of Haakon VII and Maud of Wales in 1906. In 1818, [Charles XIV John] used a pair of identical chairs; one as a coronation chair during the ceremony and one as a throne chair when he was crowned. In addition, there was a chair without arms, used by his son and heir

neg: This Little Wiggy tossing the key into the penitentiary. Ralph and Bart enter the prison to retrieve the key, and in the process stumble onto a room housing an old electric chair. After testing out the chair, the two flee when an elderly guard approaches. At the Simpsons' home, Bart and Ralph discover that the penitentiary will once again be used by the town, and remember that they forgot to disable the power. Unaware that the power is active, Mayor Quimby straps himself into the electric chair in a publicity attempt. Ralph then tells Bart that Lisa can probably figure out a way

neg: Capital punishment in South Dakota of South Dakota's death penalty in 1915. Each of these death sentences were carried out by hanging. The death penalty was reinstated in 1939 and electric chair became the sole method. George Sitts was the only person electrocuted in South Dakota. There was speculation that his 1947 execution was in an electric chair borrowed from Nebraska due to problems with South Dakota's official chair. South Dakota was the second-to-last state to use electrocution, and Sitts' execution was South Dakota's last until after "Furman". On January 1, 1979, Governor Bill Janklow signed South Dakota's post-"Furman" death penalty statute. It was the

neg: Bullendale upgraded the following year, replacing the cast-iron armatures with laminated iron ones, and by 1888 the electric plant was capable of powering the 30 stamps as well as an air compressor and a stone breaker. In 1896 a new water race was built, enabling the water to be used directly for power once again. The electric system continued to be used as auxiliary until about 1901 when the dynamos were used for the last time. A historic hut on the site is believed to have been the hydro-electric station manager's accommodation. It is now known as Dynamo Hut and is

neg: Andrew Lee Jones electric chair at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. He was the last person executed by electric chair in this state. A law making lethal injection the only method of execution had already been passed, but it didn't take effect until September 15. While he did not make a final statement, at a Pardon Board hearing three days before he was executed, he said: Andrew Lee Jones Andrew Lee Jones (c. 1955 – July 22, 1991) was an American executed for murder. He was tried, convicted, and executed in the electric chair in Louisiana for the murder of Tumekica Jackson. He

neg: Old Sparky that it violated the state constitution. No inmates were executed during the nine years that capital punishment was reinstated in New York. Ohio was the second state to adopt the electric chair as a means of execution, executing 315 people between 1897 and its last use was in 1963. The state stopped using the electric chair in 2001, and now exclusively utilizes lethal injection in executions. Ohio's Old Sparky is now a museum exhibit in the Ohio State Reformatory. The state installed the "Old Sparky" in 1912 at the Central Correctional Institution (CCI) in Columbia. In 1944 it was used

neg: Old Sparky choose death by electrocution rather than death by lethal injection or if lethal injection is declared unconstitutional by a court. Prior to this legislated date, 163 deaths had occurred in Kentucky's electric chair. The last such execution by electric chair occurred on July 1, 1997, when convicted murderer Harold McQueen was executed in it. In 1887, New York State established a committee to determine a new, more humane system of execution to replace hanging. Alfred P. Southwick, a member of the committee, developed the idea of putting electric current through a device after hearing about how relatively painlessly and quickly

neg: Old Smokey of lethal injection in 1983. Pennsylvania abolished electrocution in favor of lethal injection in 1990. Old Smokey Old Smokey is a euphemistic name given to the state prison electric chair in New Jersey, which is on display at the New Jersey State Police Museum. The chair's most notorious victim was Richard Hauptmann, the man behind the Lindbergh kidnapping. It was also the name given to Pennsylvania's electric chair. New Jersey's chair was used in the electrocution of 159 men between 1907 and 1963. The Pennsylvania electric chair was used in the electrocution of 348 men and two women between 1915

neg: Old Smokey Old Smokey Old Smokey is a euphemistic name given to the state prison electric chair in New Jersey, which is on display at the New Jersey State Police Museum. The chair's most notorious victim was Richard Hauptmann, the man behind the Lindbergh kidnapping. It was also the name given to Pennsylvania's electric chair. New Jersey's chair was used in the electrocution of 159 men between 1907 and 1963. The Pennsylvania electric chair was used in the electrocution of 348 men and two women between 1915 and 1962. New Jersey abolished capital punishment in 2007, but had abandoned electrocution in favor

neg: Presidency of Joseph Estrada gas chamber (method chosen by government to replace electrocution) could be installed. However, the electric chair was destroyed some time prior due to a typhoon, leaving only a blackened scorch mark. Some sources have said it had burnt out the last time it had been used. However, the first execution by injection took place under Estrada's administration. On February 5, 1999, Leo Echegaray, a house painter, was executed for repeatedly raping his stepdaughter. He was the first convict to be executed since the re-imposition of death penalty in 1995. His execution sparked once again a heated debate between the anti

neg: Doomsday device (wrestling) opponent head on, some see wrestlers strike from behind to propel the opponent forward off the other wrestler's shoulders. This allows the grounded wrestler to utilize a version of the electric chair which sees them drop to a seated position with the opponent landing face first between the wrestler's legs. This variation is the one that is usually used when tag teams perform the Doomsday device. This variation has one wrestler lift one opponent up in an electric chair position followed by another wrestler climbing to the top rope and performing a diving clothesline onto the elevated opponent, making the

neg: Electric chair if the inmate so chooses and if their capital crime was committed before 1999. The electric chair is an alternate form of execution approved for potential use in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Oklahoma if other forms of execution are found unconstitutional in the state at the time of execution. On February 8, 2008, the Nebraska Supreme Court determined that execution by electric chair was a "cruel and unusual punishment" under the state's constitution. This brought executions of this type to an end in Nebraska, the only remaining state to retain electrocution as its sole method of execution. In the late 1870s

neg: Old Sparky and straps used in Texas' first execution by lethal injection. In 1971, the Greater Dallas Crime Commission, a business organization, circulated a petition to recommission Texas' "Old Sparky". The petition received 10,620 endorsements. The now-decommissioned electric chair known as "Old Sparky" at the now-closed West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia was installed in a facility originally used for hanging. It was in use from 1951 until 1959, during which time nine condemned prisoners were executed in the chair. The chair was bolted to a low platform which covered what had previously been the trapdoor of the gallows used in

neg: James French (murderer) "cocky" inmate's remarks, and reported that when prison warden Ray Page asked if French had any last words, "French replied: 'Everything's already been said.'" This was the last execution by electric chair in the United States before "Furman v. Georgia"; after the moratorium on capital punishment was lifted, the first electrocution was John Spenkelink in 1979 in Florida. Gary Gilmore was the first execution carried out by firing squad 1977 in Utah. James French (murderer) James D. French (ca. 1936 – 10 August 1966) was an American criminal who was the last person executed under Oklahoma's death penalty laws prior

neg: Dow Hover "Moonlight & Cider". Dow Hover Dow B. Hover (c. Nov 16 1900 – June 1, 1990) was the last person to serve as a New York State Electrician, the state's executioner and operator of the electric chair; and he was the last person to serve as an executioner in the now no-death penalty state. He was the last surviving executioner from New York. Hover, a native and lifelong resident of Germantown, worked as a deputy sheriff for Columbia County. When on August 5, 1953, longtime state electrician Joseph Francel left his post after 14 years on service, Hover was hired

neg: Dow Hover Dow Hover Dow B. Hover (c. Nov 16 1900 – June 1, 1990) was the last person to serve as a New York State Electrician, the state's executioner and operator of the electric chair; and he was the last person to serve as an executioner in the now no-death penalty state. He was the last surviving executioner from New York. Hover, a native and lifelong resident of Germantown, worked as a deputy sheriff for Columbia County. When on August 5, 1953, longtime state electrician Joseph Francel left his post after 14 years on service, Hover was hired to replace him,

neg: John Edward Swindler refused to choose between lethal injection and the electric chair, according to the Arkansas Department of Correction. By not choosing, Swindler effectively selected electrocution. Warden David White said Swindler might have wanted the notoriety of being the last Arkansas inmate to die in the electric chair. His was also the only execution in the new electric chair constructed by the state in the 1970s. Swindler was the first person executed by the state of Arkansas since "Furman v. Georgia", , after new capital punishment laws were passed in Arkansas and that came into force on March 23, 1973. After the

neg: Old Sparky became key evidence in several cases mounting yet another challenge to the constitutionality of the electric chair. These lawsuits ultimately came to the Florida Supreme Court in the fall of 1999, when a bare majority (4 of the 7 Justices) found that the electric chair was constitutional in a case brought by death row inmate Thomas Provenzano. One of the dissenting Justices, Leander J. Shaw, Jr., took the extraordinary step of attaching to his opinion three color photographs of Davis's bloody body strapped in the chair. This publication marked the first time those photographs had surfaced on the Internet or,

neg: Capital punishment in Arkansas the state. Almost all executions were for crimes that involved murder. A number of people were also executed for rape and there was one execution for espionage, 17-year-old alleged Confederate spy David O. Dodd, hanged by Union soldiers on January 8, 1864. In 1913 the method used was changed to the electric chair. The electric chair was constructed from the wood that had previously made up the state gallows. This electric chair would be used for all electrocutions up until 1964. Four more people were hanged in the state — one in 1913, two in 1914 and one in 1930.

neg: Ulcers in Executive Monkeys Ulcers in Executive Monkeys Ulcers in Executive Monkeys was a study into the effects of stress, published in 1958 in "Scientific American" by Joseph V. Brady. In an early version of the study, Brady placed monkeys in 'restraining chairs' and conditioned them to press a lever. They were given electric shocks every 20 seconds unless they pressed the lever during the same time period. This study came to an abrupt halt when many of the monkeys died from perforated ulcers. To test this Brady used a yoked control monkey. He placed an 'Executive Monkey' in the restraining chair, which could

neg: Eddie Lee Mays p.m. on August 15, 1963, accompanied by a Protestant chaplain, and was strapped into the electric chair. He made no final statement to the prison Warden or other witnesses before being electrocuted, and was pronounced dead three minutes later, at 10:04 p.m. Mays would become the last person to be executed by "Old Sparky", New York State's electric chair at Sing Sing prison. The State Electrician was Dow Hover. The electric chair had been the sole method of execution in the State since 1890 (hanging had been abolished in 1888). In 1965, the State of New York repealed the death

neg: Capital punishment in Illinois Capital punishment in Illinois Capital punishment was a legal form of punishment in the U.S. state of Illinois until 2011, when it was abolished. Initially, Illinois used death by hanging as a form of execution. The last person executed by this method was the public execution of Charles Birger. In 1928, the electric chair was substituted for death by hanging. After being struck down by "Furman v. Georgia" in 1972, the death penalty was reinstated in Illinois on July 1, 1974 but voided by the Supreme Court of Illinois in 1975. Illinois officially reinstated the death penalty on July 1,

neg: Capital punishment in Illinois the death penalty during the 2010 gubernatorial campaign after which he defeated the Republican candidate with 46.8% of the vote. In 2018, Governor Bruce Rauner made calls for the death penalty to be imposed on convicted cop killers. Capital punishment in Illinois Capital punishment was a legal form of punishment in the U.S. state of Illinois until 2011, when it was abolished. Initially, Illinois used death by hanging as a form of execution. The last person executed by this method was the public execution of Charles Birger. In 1928, the electric chair was substituted for death by hanging. After being

neg: Thomas Harrison Provenzano throat, though he could not tell whether the air was going in or out. But even after the execution by electric chair of Allen Lee Davis had caused many irregularities, the constitutionality of the electric chair remained upheld. However, by the time the inmate following Davis was to be executed, Florida inmates sentenced to death could choose between lethal injection and the electric chair. Everyone executed in Florida following Davis thus far () has chosen lethal injection. Provenzano was originally scheduled to be the second person executed in Florida's newly built electric chair on Wednesday July 14, 1999, but the

neg: Yellow Mama in storage in the event a future death row inmate elects to have the death sentence carried out by electrocution. Dale Watson and Will Kimbrough each have created songs about Yellow Mama. Yellow Mama Yellow Mama is the nickname given to Alabama's electric chair, which was used for executions from 1927–2002. First installed at Kilby State Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, the chair acquired its yellow color when painted using highway-line paint from the adjacent State Highway Department lab. The chair was built by a British inmate in 1927 and was first used to execute Horace DeVauhan that same year. The

neg: Donald Henry Gaskins was the fourth person to die in the electric chair after the death penalty was reinstated in South Carolina in 1977. Only hours before he was escorted to the electric chair at Broad River Correctional Institution, Gaskins tried to commit suicide by slitting his wrists with a razor blade he had swallowed the previous week, then coughed up. His last words were: "I'll let my lawyers talk for me. I'm ready to go." Donald Henry Gaskins Donald Henry "Pee Wee" Gaskins Jr. (né Parrott; March 13, 1933 – September 6, 1991) was an American serial killer. Gaskins was born on

neg: Allen Lee Davis another death row inmate, that argued that the electric chair was a cruel and unusual punishment. As of 2018, Davis was the last Florida inmate killed by the electric chair; beginning in 2000, all subsequent executions were by lethal injection. Allen Lee Davis Allen Lee Davis (July 20, 1944 – July 8, 1999) was an American mass murderer executed for the May 11, 1982, murder of Nancy Weiler, who was three months pregnant, in Jacksonville, Florida. According to reports, Nancy Weiler was "beaten almost beyond recognition" by Davis with a .357 Magnum, and hit over 25 times in the face

neg: Caryl Chessman off the coast of Santa Cruz Island. Chessman's time on death row – eleven years and ten months – was then the longest ever in the United States, a record that would be broken in the post-"Furman v. Georgia" era on March 15, 1988, when Willie Darden, Jr. was executed in Florida's electric chair. Several months after Chessman's execution, Billy Monk was executed on November 21, 1961 for kidnapping two women, attempting to rape the first and raping the second, and was the last to be executed for a non-lethal kidnapping in the United States. The author Dominique Lapierre visited

neg: Donald DeMag Blair beat the couple with a lead pipe as they attempted to rob them. Weatherup died of her injuries. Two days after their escape, DeMag and Blair were recaptured. They were tried for first-degree murder, convicted and sentenced to death by electric chair. Blair and DeMag were both executed by electric chair. Blair was executed on February 8, 1954. DeMag was executed at the prison in Windsor on December 8, 1954. He was buried at Holy Family Cemetery in Essex Junction, Vermont. Although DeMag was the last person executed by Vermont, he was not the last person to be sentenced

neg: Guillotine death sentences on the spot. One such guillotine is still on show at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. The only recorded use of the guillotine in North America took place on the French island of St. Pierre in 1889, of Basque-born assassin Carlos Zuzuarregui, with a guillotine brought in from Guadeloupe. In the Caribbean, it was used more routinely in Guadeloupe and Martinique, the last time in Fort-de-France in 1965. In 1996 in the US, Georgia State Representative Doug Teper unsuccessfully sponsored a bill to replace that state's electric chair with the guillotine. In recent years,

neg: Daryl Holton words. He replied: "Two words: I do". He decided against the traditional special last meal before his execution and instead, ate the regular prison meal which consisted of riblets on a bun, mixed vegetables, baked beans, white cake with white icing and iced tea. Holton's was the fourth execution in Tennessee since 2000 and first by the electric chair since 1960 (the last Pre-Furman execution). It was also the first use of Tennessee's electric chair after it was retrofitted by Fred A. Leuchter and moved to Riverbend from the former Tennessee State Prison. Holton was the third death row inmate

neg: Electric chair Court ruled that the chair did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.The 1997 execution of Pedro Medina in Florida created controversy when flames burst from the inmate's head. An autopsy found that Medina had died instantly when the first surge of electricity had destroyed his brain and brain stem, and a judge ruled that Florida’s electric chair was in ‘excellent condition’. Lethal injection has been the primary method of execution in the U.S. state of Florida since 2000. On February 15, 2008, the Nebraska Supreme Court declared execution by electrocution to be "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibited by the Nebraska

neg: Elisabeth's Eyes Darden in the electric chair. The state and federal governments failed to ensure Darden's right to a free and fair trial, whilst the unfair and racially discriminatory trial resulted in his execution. When Kershaw read about Allen's long-range romance he was so touched by the sentiment, he wrote the single, trying to imagine what Darden would have written in his last letter. In a broadcast Nik Kershaw interview based in the city of Berlin, Kershaw spoke of the single "Elisabeth's Eyes", which was only just released around the time of the interview. "The single is a song written from the

neg: Andrew Lee Jones Andrew Lee Jones Andrew Lee Jones (c. 1955 – July 22, 1991) was an American executed for murder. He was tried, convicted, and executed in the electric chair in Louisiana for the murder of Tumekica Jackson. He was the last inmate to die in Louisiana's infamous electric chair, "Gruesome Gertie". On February 17, 1984, eleven-year-old Tumekica Jackson was living with her mother and her grandparents in the Scotlandville area of Baton Rouge. At 4:00 a.m., the grandmother discovered that Tumekica was missing from her bedroom. The police discovered that someone had broken the screen of the rear den window and

neg: John Greenwall punishment given that the electric chair was not the preferred method of execution, and the electric chair was not suitable given that the corresponding legislation had not been in place when the murder occurred. Greenwall was sentenced on December 5, 1889. "This information was at once conveyed to Greenwall, who received it without emotion. He had slept very little on Wednesday night, occupying most of his time playing checkers and penuchle with one of his keepers. He finally fell asleep about 3 a.m., but awoke with a start about 8 o'clock. 'I shall sleep no more', he said then. 'I've

neg: Santa Claus Bank Robbery in late February. After an unsuccessful insanity plea, he was executed by electric chair on September 6, 1929, in Huntsville, Texas. He is said to have had cabbage, sausage, tomatoes, coffee, and pie for his last meal. Hill was last to be tried. He pleaded guilty to armed robbery and took the stand on his own behalf, crying for mercy and citing his unhappy childhood. In March, he was given a sentence of life imprisonment—99 years. He escaped from prison three times, but was recaptured each time. After settling down, he was paroled in the mid-1940s, changed his name, and

neg: James Neil Tucker by psychiatrists as having antisocial personality disorder, and was described as being very intelligent. He did not ask for clemency from governor. Tucker was executed in the electric chair on May 28, 2004. His final statement was read by his lawyer: James Neil Tucker James Neil Tucker (January 12, 1957 – May 28, 2004) was a convicted murderer executed by the U.S. state of South Carolina by means of the electric chair. The electric chair would not be used again in the United States until July 20, 2006, in the state of Virginia. He had been convicted of the murders

neg: Alfred P. Southwick Alfred P. Southwick Alfred P. Southwick (1826–1898), was a steam-boat engineer, dentist and inventor from Buffalo, New York. He is credited with inventing the electric chair as a method of legal execution. He was also a professor at the University of Buffalo school of dental medicine, now known as the State University of New York at Buffalo. In 1881, Alfred Southwick conceived the idea of electrical execution when he heard the story of an intoxicated man who touched a live electric generator. Given that the man died so quickly, Southwick concluded that electricity could be used as an alternative to

neg: The Suffering (video game) Often, when Torque saves an NPC, they fight alongside him for a time. However, not every choice presents the player with all three possibilities. For example, when Torque finds the controls to the electric chair, he can turn the chair on to torture an inmate strapped to it (bad morality), or simply ignore the controls (neutral morality). There is no good morality choice available here. Another example is when Torque finds a guard who has had his limbs removed and is slowly dying. He can kill the man to relieve him of his misery (good morality), or ignore him (neutral

neg: Roger Keith Coleman executed May 20, 1992 by electric chair. He shared his final meal with James McCloskey, executive director of Centurion Ministries, a group that had been working to prove Coleman's innocence. His final words were, An innocent man is going to be murdered tonight. When my innocence is proven, I hope America will realize the injustice of the death penalty as all other civilized countries have. My last words are to the woman I love. Love is eternal. My love for you will last forever. I love you, Sharon. (Sharon Paul was a college student and the girlfriend of Coleman whom

neg: Old Sparky a drunken man died after touching exposed power lines. As Southwick was a dentist accustomed to performing procedures on sitting subjects, his electrical device appeared in the form of a chair. On June 4, 1888, Governor David B. Hill authorized the introduction of the electric chair. It was first used two years later when William Kemmler became the first person in the world to be executed by electricity at Auburn Prison, Auburn, New York on August 6, 1890. "Old Sparky" was first used at Sing Sing prison for a mass execution on July 7, 1891. The order of execution, which

neg: Edwin Davis (executioner) Edwin Davis (executioner) Edwin F. Davis (May 28, 1846 – May 26, 1923), of Corning, Steuben County, New York was the first "state electrician" (executioner) for the State of New York. In 1890, Davis finalized many features of the first electric chair used. Davis performed 240 executions between 1890 and 1914, including the first person to be executed by electric chair, William Kemmler, and the first woman Martha M. Place, as well as the assassin of William McKinley, Leon Frank Czolgosz. Davis held a patent on certain features of the electric chair. He received U.S. Patent No. 587,649, for his

neg: Herbert Hans Haupt war. Haupt, Edward Kerling, Hermann Neubauer, Werner Thiel, Heinrich Heinck, and Richard Quirin were all executed on August 8, 1942 in the District of Columbia's electric chair. It was the largest mass execution by electrocution ever conducted. Only 22 years old, Haupt broke down just before his execution. However, witnesses say he recovered and proceeded to "die like a real man" in the electric chair. It took Haupt seven minutes to die in the chair. His last undelivered letter to his father read, "Try not to take this too hard. I have brought nothing but grief to all of my

neg: Nicholas Ingram a ritualistic killing in the electric chair solves nothing." Ingram declined a final meal, but later ate some crackers and chips bought by relatives from a prison vending machine. When the warden, Albert "Gerry" Thomas asked him if he had any last words, Ingram spat at him. When he was asked whether he wished to make a final statement, Ingram was said to have replied simply: "Let's get on with it". According to Steve Boggan, Ann and Johnny Ingram last saw their son eight hours before his execution. Ingram's head was already shaved and he had worn a baseball cap

neg: Electric chair provided inmates with a choice of the electric chair or lethal injection; however, in May 2014, the state passed a law allowing the use of the electric chair if lethal injection drugs were unavailable or made unconstitutional. In the U.S. state of Florida, on July 8, 1999, Allen Lee Davis, convicted of murder, was executed in the Florida electric chair "Old Sparky". Davis' face was bloodied, and photographs were taken, which were later posted on the Internet. An investigation concluded that Davis had begun bleeding before the electricity was applied and that the chair had functioned as designed. Florida’s Supreme

neg: Electric chair adopted for use in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom performed its last execution in 1964, and abolished capital punishment for murder the following year, thereby rendering any debate over method moot. A number of states still allow the condemned person to choose between electrocution and lethal injection. In all, fourteen inmates nationwide – seven in Virginia, three in South Carolina, three in Tennessee and one in Arkansas – have opted for electrocution over lethal injection. The most recent use of the chair was on December 6, 2018, when David Earl Miller was executed in Tennessee after he elected to

neg: Old Sparky in organ donation. Kentucky's electric chair, known as "Old Sparky", is located at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky. It was first used on July 8, 1911; the first inmate to die in the chair was James Buckner, convicted of killing a police officer several weeks earlier. On July 13, 1928, Kentucky set a record by electrocuting eight men in its chair, each immediately after the other, more than any other state has electrocuted in a single day. The state has decommissioned the electric chair except for those whose capital crimes were committed prior to March 31, 1998 and

neg: Juan Orol Mary Esquivel. Esquivel debuted in the film "Zonga, The Diabolic Angel" (1956), a film that was also the first movie Orol filmed in color. His last major production involving Esquivel was "Tahimí, The Daughter of the Fisherman" (1958). Eventually, Orol met his last filmic muse, Dinorah Judith, with whom he directed his last films. At this time, the films of Orol were panned by critics, and reputedly, the director went through a deep depression. His films during this period include "The Curse of my Race" (1964), "Prelude to the Electric Chair" (1966) and the cult classic "The Fantastic World of

neg: Alexander George McAdie for testifying about the potential effects of electrocution (based on his experience with lightning) in 1899 at the first trial to decide if the electric chair was cruel and unusual punishment. His testimony was used against the use of the electric chair for the death penalty. In addition to his work with the weather bureau, McAdie wrote a detailed account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and compiled a catalog of earthquakes on the Pacific coast. He was married to Mary Randolph Brown McAdie. Alexander George McAdie Alexander George McAdie (August 4, 1863 – November 1, 1943) was an American

neg: Convicts 4 lunges at Resko and is shot. Resko is condemned to the electric chair at the age of eighteen. Pardoned by the governor at the last minute, Resko is sentenced to Dannemora Prison, where he has difficulty adjusting to life behind bars. It becomes even less bearable after hearing that his wife (Carmen Phillips) has left him and that his father (Jack Kruschen) has died. Resko does long stretches in solitary confinement. But he is befriended eventually by fellow convicts like Iggy (Ray Walston) and Wino (Sammy Davis Jr.) who help him to pass the time. When he takes up art

neg: Electric chair that should be used and the New York Medico-Legal Society, an informal society composed of doctors and lawyers, was given the task of determining these factors. In September 1888, a committee was formed and recommended 3000 volts, although the type of electricity, direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC), was not determined, and since tests up to that point had been done on animals smaller than a human (dogs), some members were unsure that the lethality of AC had been conclusively proven. At this point the state's efforts to design the electric chair became intermixed with what has become to

neg: New Jersey State Prison using the new Electric Chair, built by Carl Adams of Trenton, in the shops of his Adams Electric Company. The last such electrocution took place in 1963. In 1979 the Death House (8 Wing), along with the old Hospital wing were demolished to make way for a new Gymnasium. Ground was broken for the contemporary facility in 1979, and it was completed in 1982. No additions have been made since that time. Previously the death row for men was the Capital Sentence Unit (CSU) in the New Jersey State Prison. This unit was first established in 1907. The same prison

neg: James Neil Tucker James Neil Tucker James Neil Tucker (January 12, 1957 – May 28, 2004) was a convicted murderer executed by the U.S. state of South Carolina by means of the electric chair. The electric chair would not be used again in the United States until July 20, 2006, in the state of Virginia. He had been convicted of the murders of Rosa Lee Dolly Oakley and Shannon Lynn Mellon. Tucker was born in Utah, the youngest of three children. After his mother divorced, she remarried to a man with four children of his own. An eighth child came from this marriage.

neg: Ohio Penitentiary of Common Pleas a mile south in Franklinton. It initially consisted of 13 cells. Its first inmates were two brothers, John and David Evans, who arrived August 15, 1815. Starting in 1897, 315 prison inmates were executed in the electric chair in the prison. In 1885, the penitentiary became the site for executions, which had been carried out by local law enforcement officials up to that time. At first, prisoners condemned to death were executed by hanging, but in 1897 the electric chair replaced the prison's gallows. Both men and women, were electrocuted between 1897 and 1963, when the death

neg: A. K. Huntington Metallurgy, and proceeded to King's College, London, where he assisted Professor W. N. Hartley in his researches on ultra-violet absorption spectra. He also assisted Sir William Siemens in his early experiments with the electric arc furnace. When a separate department of Metallurgy was founded at King's College in 1879, Huntington was appointed to the chair. He died on 17 April 1920 at his London residence, Buckingham Street, Strand, shortly after relinquishing the chair. He was associated with the Institute of Metals from its foundation, and took an active part in its proceedings down to the time of his death. He

neg: Los Dug Dug's a while SERGIO ORRANTE, the drummer, join the band,in a few months FRANCISCO ALCALDE join the band as a singer,at the very last moment JORGE DE LA TORRE join the band as a second singer,they did not have electric guitars, neither drums, but play with acoustic guitars with pick ups home made pick ups and as drums they used a still chair, they even play at a local radio station with a chair and acoustic guitars and some events in local places and theatres, such as Ricardo Castro Theatre (known as Cine Principal back then) and in several parties. The

neg: Capital punishment in Utah to choose between hanging and firing squad. In 1851, beheading was introduced as a third execution option. No prisoner chose this method and the option was eliminated in 1888. In 1955, Utah state lawmakers voted to introduce the electric chair; however, the state never used electrocution due to failure to provide appropriation. Forty-four executions occurred in the State of Utah and Utah Territory before the national moratorium in 1967; six were by hanging and 38 were by firing squad. In 1958, twenty-one-year-old Barton Kay Kirkham became the last prisoner to be hanged by the state of Utah. The last pre-moratorium

neg: Professional wrestling holds the position to perform a variety of counter moves, most notably the victory roll. Another counter of the electric chair position is the wrestler twisting over the opponent's shoulders so now they are facing the opposite direction, and from that position, the wrestler would backflip to hit a hurricanrana. In Mexico's Lucha Libre this hold is known as "La Torre", Spanish for "The Tower". Lucha's "Electric chair" ("Silla Eléctrica" in Spanish) is the term used for two different, unrelated attacks. The atomic drop is the "common" version of the move, and the "Inverted Electric chair" ("Silla Eléctrica invertida" in Spanish)

neg: Chameleon (comics) he wasn't human at all but a giant monster. Chameleon was finally defeated, however, after Spider-Man (of Earth 616) used Spider-Man 2211's helmet to literally "administer poetic justice", causing a last-minute body switch between Chameleon and Sandman's father into an electric chair. Spider-Man faces the Counter-Earth version of The Chameleon in "Spider-Man Unlimited" #5. This Chameleon, a reptilian Bestial, is a depraved serial killer who both Spider-Man and a bestial Wolverine team-up to defeat. An Ultimate version of Chameleon appears in "" as twin siblings with the ability to shape-shift. One poses first as J. Jonah Jameson, and later Spider-Man,

neg: Cambridge Museum of Technology installed and used when there was insufficient waste for the destructor furnaces. This boiler was fuelled by coke, a by-product of the Coal gas production process, often being sourced from the Cambridge gas works next to the pumping station. By 1942 this boiler provided the main steam supply, the destructor cells being used only for trade refuse and standby duty. An electric pump was the last to be installed on the site, in 1937. A Crompton Parkinson electric pump motor drove the 18inch (0.45m) diameter Gwynnes centrifugal pump 114 hp electric motor that can be seen at the river end

neg: Mauril Bélanger last parliament by a 144–127 vote. On March 9, 2016, Bélanger sat in the Speaker's chair for one day, and presided over the proceedings with the aid of an iPad app that produced a computerized voice. This honour made Bélanger the first honorary speaker of the house for a day. On May 6, 2016, consideration of Bélanger's bill to make the national anthem gender neutral was blocked when Conservative MPs used up the hour of debate time and refused consent to two motions backed by both the Liberals and the NDP to extend debate and allow time to hold a

neg: John McGeoch 1957 Stratocaster and an Ibanez AE410BK. During his last days with PiL and during his time with Pacific, he played a solid wood Carvin electric guitar. He also used a Washburn Tour 24 guitar for touring during 1988. McGeoch has been cited by many artists as a major influence. Johnny Marr from the Smiths hailed him, saying: "When I was in my teens, there weren't many new guitar players who were interesting and of their time.[...] John McGeoch. [His work] was really innovative guitar music which was pretty hard to find back then. To a young guitar player like myself,

neg: The Championships, Wimbledon wife of X. This tradition has continued at least to some extent. For the first time during the 2009 tournament, players were referred to on scoreboards by both their first and last names. The title "Mr" is not used for male players who are professionals on scoreboards but the prefix is retained for amateurs, although chair umpires refer to players as "Mr" when they use the replay challenge. The chair umpire will say "Mr <surname> is challenging the call..." and "Mr <surname> has X challenges remaining." However, the umpires still say Miss/Missus <surname> when announcing the score of the Ladies'

neg: Capital punishment in Virginia took place in 1608 at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia. Captain George Kendall was executed for treason. Hanging was the predominant method for executions before 1909. Other methods had been used during this time — three people convicted of piracy in 1700 were gibbeted, four pirates were hanged in chains in 1720, and a female slave was burned in 1737. From 1910 until 1994, the electric chair was used for all executions. On February 2, 1951, four African Americans (of the Martinsville Seven) were executed for rape in one case and another was executed for murder in an unrelated case—the

neg: Throne Chairs of Norway apparent, Oscar. In 1860, however, when [Charles XV of Sweden] and Louise of the Netherlands were crowned, they used the two chairs during the ceremony whilst they, most likely, used Oscar's chair of 1818 as a throne chair when they were crowned. The 1906 coronation was the last in Norway; in 1908, the provision in the 1814 constitution mandating a coronation was repealed. However, when Olav V became king in 1958, he desired and arranged a "benediction" or blessing ceremony in the Cathedral of Nidaros. In this ceremony, the former coronation chairs were used during the service. The same happened

neg: Clarence Richeson reports on April 24 and May 8. Governor Foss denied Richeson's petition for clemency, May 16, stating that Reverend Richeson was executed in an electric chair May 21, 1912 at 12:17 a.m. It was the fourteenth such execution since Massachusetts adopted the electric chair. It was the most successful to that time since the current only had to be applied once and the death affidavit was signed 15 minutes later. The prior Sunday, May 19, the crowds outside the prison became so large that the outer gates were closed to prevent the crowd encroaching on the prison premises and a

neg: Richard Kiefer take place on June 14, 1961. On June 15, 1961, at 12:04 AM, Richard Kiefer began the walk, unassisted, to Indiana's electric chair. The warden of the Indiana State Prison in which Kiefer was executed, Ward Lane, described Kiefer as having been emotionless at the execution. The voltage began at 12:11, and Kiefer was pronounced dead at 12:15 after receiving six jolts of electricity. He was 40 years old. Kiefer was the first person to be executed in Indiana's electric chair since murderer Robert Watts in 1951, and he was the last until Steven Timothy Judy was executed in 1981.

neg: Earl Bramblett deliberated for one hour. After a clemency petition to Governor of Virginia Mark Warner had been rejected, as was an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, Earl Bramblett was executed in the electric chair for the murder of Hodges family at Greensville Correctional Center, Jarratt, Virginia, on April 9, 2003. He was sixty-one years old at the time of his death, choosing the electric chair over lethal injection as a form of protest, and his final words were, "I didn't murder the Hodges family. I've never murdered anybody. I'm going to my death with a clear conscience. I am going

neg: Edwin Davis (executioner) "Electrocution-Chair", on August 3, 1897. He died in May 1923, and is buried in Barnard Cemetery in Corning, New York. Edwin Davis (executioner) Edwin F. Davis (May 28, 1846 – May 26, 1923), of Corning, Steuben County, New York was the first "state electrician" (executioner) for the State of New York. In 1890, Davis finalized many features of the first electric chair used. Davis performed 240 executions between 1890 and 1914, including the first person to be executed by electric chair, William Kemmler, and the first woman Martha M. Place, as well as the assassin of William McKinley, Leon Frank

neg: John Louis Evans Court of Appeals accepted his motion on October 19, 1982. A subsequent application for a new sentencing hearing was rejected by the Alabama Supreme Court on February 18, 1983 and execution was carried out at Holman Prison, near Atmore, Alabama, on April 22. The execution is notable for its imprecision. The means of carrying out the sentence of death used at Holman Prison was an electric chair constructed by an inmate in 1927. The chair was nicknamed "Yellow Mama" because of its traffic-yellow coat of paint. It had not been used since 1965, after which a series of Supreme Court

neg: Air suspension of grounding out, but can be used on rough ground or on steep crests. Although the ferry lift may be installed on some buses, the Kneel Down facility is more common on public transport buses. This helps reduce the step height for easy ingress of passengers.The Kneel Down facility is also used when using the built in wheel chair ramps. Due to several advantages air suspension has been extensively used in commercial vehicles since 1980. Air suspension Air suspension is a type of vehicle suspension powered by an electric or engine-driven air pump or compressor. This compressor pumps the air

neg: Jerry White (criminal) murder and armed robbery. His last-minute appeals centered on whether his attorney had done enough and whether recently uncovered witness statements, blood splatters and White's IQ of 72 would have made a difference. Five courts decided White's fate would have been the same. In 1999, the state of Florida heard a petition from Thomas Harrison Provenzano, another Death Row inmate, that argued that the electric chair was a cruel and unusual punishment. During the proceedings, Michael Minerva, who had witnessed White's death, said that "White's body stiffened and was thrust upward and backward to the back of the electric chair"

neg: Electric chair widely accepted for conducting judicial executions. Other countries appear to have contemplated using the method, sometimes for special reasons. The only country other than the United States to use the electric chair was the Philippines, although the method was discontinued after 1976. The United Kingdom considered replacing hanging with the electric chair (as well as considering the gas chamber, shooting, the guillotine and lethal injection) during the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment, the findings of which were published in 1953. The Commission concluded that the electric chair had no particular advantages over hanging, and so, the electric chair was not

neg: Artie Auerbach Reportedly, he once took an illegal picture of a person in the electric chair. While a photographer, Auerbach had become very popular at private parties by telling Yiddish anecdotes. It was during his days as a press photographer when Auerbach had the inspiration for the character that would prove to give him his greatest fame. He was on an assignment at a Bronx drug store when he heard a voice singing a popular song of the time, "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby" with a strong Yiddish dialect and he loved the voice and personality. He would take that character and

neg: Brooklyn Thrill Killers in the river. This allowed the jury to suggest life in prison rather than send two youths to the electric chair. While "Time" didn't identify any of the boys, one of the two sentenced to life in prison was 18-year-old Jack Koslow, identified by AP reports at the time as the 'brains' of the group. Dr. Fredric Wertham cited the Thrill Killers as an example of the potential harm caused by comic books. Specifically, a comic book named "Nights of Horror" was brought as evidence of Jack Koslow's "sexual perversions", and used to convict him and Mittman of their crimes.

neg: Batcave has been fully repaired. In "", the Batcave makes its first appearance in the episode "Deep Cover for Batman," when Owlman attacks Batman inside it. In the following episode, "Game Over for Owlman," Batman brings the Joker, who is at the time partnered with him, to the cave (The Joker accidentally sprayed himself with knockout gas before and after they were in the Batcave, so he couldn't possibly know where the cave's location is). A number of trophies displayed include a giant clam and oversized-slot-machine-themed electric chair, death traps formerly used by the Joker, in reference to the 1960s TV

neg: Louisiana State Penitentiary Angolite", which has won numerous awards. It is available to the general public and is relatively uncensored. The museum features among its exhibits Louisiana's old electric chair, "Gruesome Gertie", last used for the execution of Andrew Lee Jones on 22 July 1991. Angola Prison hosts the country's only inmate-operated radio station, KLSP. Inmates cultivate, harvest and process an array of crops that make the facility self-supporting. Crops include cabbage, corn, cotton, strawberry, okra, onions, peppers, soybeans, squash, tomatoes, and wheat. As of 2010 the prison has 2,000 head of cattle. Much of the herd is sold at markets for beef.

neg: Buddy MacKay duties and played a very important role in Chiles' cabinet, including being co-chair of the Florida Commission on Education, Reform and Accountability. He was regarded as the most significant and powerful lieutenant governor in Florida's history. MacKay was a strong supporter of the use of capital punishment, as Chiles was. When he was asked during the 1998 gubernatorial election campaign about his positions on use of the death penalty and electric chair in Florida, he replied: "I support the death penalty and support the use of the electric chair so long as it operates in a reliable fashion." However he

neg: Love of Chair scene then faded to black—and reopened on the entire cast of "The Electric Company" standing on a stage under a banner that read, "What about Naomi?" The cast sang a brief song that repeatedly asked "What about Naomi?" along with other questions about her ("Is she tall?" "Is she fat?"). The final lines of the song ran ""What about Naomi?" "What about Naomi?" "We shall never know."" This was one of the last two "Love of Chair" segments in which Hinnant spoke, and the song that played was never rebroadcast again. Love of Chair Love of Chair was a recurring

neg: Electrocution Electrocution Electrocution is death or serious injury caused by electric shock, electric current passing through the body. The word is derived from "electro" and "execution", but it is also used for accidental death. The word is also used to describe non-fatal injuries due to electricity. The term "electrocution" was coined in 1889 in the US just before the first use of the electric chair and originally referred only to electrical execution and not to accidental or suicidal electrical deaths. However, since no English word was available for non-judicial deaths due to electric shock, the word "electrocution" eventually took over as

neg: Electric chair protocol change, an initial eight-second application of current at 2,450 volts was administered, followed by a one-second pause, then a 22-second application at 480 volts. After a 20-second break, the cycle was repeated three more times.) In 1946, the electric chair failed to kill Willie Francis, who reportedly shrieked, "Take it off! Let me breathe!", after the current was applied. It turned out that the portable electric chair had been improperly set up by an intoxicated prison guard and inmate. A case was brought before the U.S. Supreme Court "(Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber)", with lawyers for the condemned

neg: Pedro Medina 1997, were, "I am still innocent." During the administration of electric current, the electric chair known as "Old Sparky" malfunctioned, causing flames to shoot out of Medina's head. In 1999, the state of Florida heard a petition from Thomas Harrison Provenzano, another death row inmate, that argued that the electric chair was a cruel and unusual punishment. During the proceedings, Rev. Glen Dickson, Medina's pastor, testified he saw the flames rising out of Medina's head, smelled an acrid smell and saw Medina take three labored breaths after the electric current to the chair had been turned off and the strap

neg: Capital punishment in New York York lawyer and politician Matthew Hale, and Buffalo dentist and experimenter Alfred P. Southwick. Southwick had been developing an idea since the early 1880s of using electric current as a means of capital punishment after hearing about how relatively painlessly and quickly a drunken man died due to grabbing the energized parts on a generator. Southwick had published this proposal first in 1882 and, being a dentist accustomed to performing procedures on subjects in chairs, used the form of a chair in his designs, which became known as the "electric chair". The commission reviewed ancient and modern forms of execution

neg: The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace West Orange, New Jersey, with his electric hammer to destroy the chair, but Homer notices a poster of Edison comparing himself to Leonardo da Vinci, much like how Homer compared himself to Edison. Feeling a renewed connection to Edison, he decides not to destroy the chair. Homer and Bart return to Springfield, unaware they left Homer's electric hammer at the museum. Later when the family watches the news on television, Kent Brockman announces that the chair and electric hammer have been discovered at the Edison Museum and are expected to generate millions for Edison's already wealthy heirs, to the ire

neg: Alexamenos graffito would both have been considered insulting depictions by contemporary Roman society. Crucifixion continued to be used as an execution method for the worst criminals until its abolition by the emperor Constantine in the 4th century, and the impact of seeing a figure on a cross is comparable to the impact today of portraying a man with a hangman's noose around his neck or seated in an electric chair. It seems to have been commonly believed at the time that Christians practiced "onolatry" (donkey-worship). That was based on the misconception that Jews worshipped a god in the form of a donkey,