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Since its first use in 1890, the electric chair has been the means
of legal execution for over 4,300 individuals in 23 states. Its use
in recent years has steadily declined, and nowadays many states use
the chair only as a museum display. This book provides a history of
the electric chair and analyzes its features, its development, and
the manner of its use. Chapters cover the early conceptual stages
as a humane alternative to hanging, and the rivalry between Edison
and Westinghouse that was one of the main forces in the chair's
adoption as a mode of execution. Also presented are an account of
the terrible first execution and a number of the subsequent
gruesome employments of the chair. The text explores the changing
attitudes toward the chair as state after state replaces it with
lethal injection.
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Frostbite (Paperback)
Charlene Craig; Brandon Tolin
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R638
Discovery Miles 6 380
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