Injections were introduced in 1978 as a supposedly more humane alternative to other forms of capital punishment-hanging, firing squad, electrocution and the gas chamber.
Rampaging elephants have killed at least 84 people in Sri Lanka since early 2005, and villagers have destroyed 156 of the beasts by shooting or electrocuting them, according to government figures.
Horrible images of ancient tortures flashed across my mind. I imagined my brother being electrocuted, his body jumping in the air from the shocks administered by strangers.
Thousands of documented confessions found in the prison archives show he was the man who made prisoners talk by using means such as electrocution, waterboarding, merciless beatings and mutilations.
Thousands of documented confessions found in the prison archives show he was the man who made prisoners talk by using means such as electrocution, water boarding, merciless beatings and mutilations.
In further testimony on Wednesday, Sergeant Frederick said he helped place wires in a detainee's hands and told him he would be electrocuted if he fell off a box.
Other states with capital punishment prefer lethal injections. A few allow hangings and firing squads, and nine let inmates choose electrocution in some cases, but these options are seldom used.
You will see to it that the cyanide stays out of the aspirin, that the bull doesn't jump the fence, or that your client doesn't go to the electric chair as a result of your incompetence.
Even a successful electrocution is macabre. Officials in Nebraska had to keep a fire extinguisher ready and an eye out for smoke coming from the prisoner's head.
Even a successful electrocution is macabre. Officials in Nebraska had to keep a fire extinguisher ready and an eye out for smoke coming from the prisoner's head.
