electric chair
Coverage of electric chair in the Nexus archive.
- Republican gubernatorial candidates disagree on death penalty methods
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidates Marsha Blackburn and John Rose disagree on death penalty methods, with Blackburn advocating for reinstating the electric chair and Rose supporting lethal injection. The state allows death row inmates to request electrocution if lethal injection drugs are unavailable, and recent issues with an execution protocol have sparked debate.
- Inside America's worst ever execution: Faulty 'old sparky' electric chair made murderer writhe in agony and caused his body to COMBUST in spectacle so horrific that warden now campaigns against death penalty
A faulty electric chair during an execution caused a murderer to suffer severe agony and his body to combust, leading the warden to campaign against the death penalty.
- Alabama seeks to execute man by lethal injection after court ruled against nitrogen method
Alabama seeks to execute Jeffery Lee using lethal injection after a court blocked his nitrogen hypoxia execution. The state requested a death warrant via lethal injection, citing that the nitrogen method was the only prohibited approach, while Lee’s legal team has not yet commented.
- Judge bars Alabama nitrogen gas execution, says method is unconstitutionally cruel
A federal judge permanently blocked Alabama from executing Jeffrey Lee with nitrogen gas, ruling the method unconstitutional. The state can use lethal injection, electric chair, or a firing squad instead. The decision may lead to a U.S. Supreme Court challenge.