Electric chair
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electric-chair-206-14434519
title:
Electric chair
text:
The electric chair is a specialized device used for capital punishment through electrocution. The condemned is strapped to a custom wooden chair and electrocuted via electrodes attached to the head and leg. Alfred P. Southwick, a Buffalo, New York dentist, conceived this execution method in 1881. It was developed over the next decade as a more humane alternative to conventional executions, particularly hanging. First used in 1890, the electric chair became symbolic of this execution method. Clos
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Execution method
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_chair
date created:
2002-08-23T13:11:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T22:40:23Z
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13
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