Designed to be more humane than hanging, the first use of the electric chair, at Auburn Prison on Aug. 6, 1890, was described by the Syracuse Standard as "scientific butchery." ...

This was the case for Darryl Holton, who chose to die via electric chair. He was executed in 2007, convicted of killing his three sons and a stepdaughter in 1997.

The ghosts of Tennessee's electric chair far outnumber the 126 men who have died while sitting in it. At least that's how the story goes.

Tennessee last used the electric chair to kill death row inmate Daryl Holton, who asked to die by electrocution in 2007. Holton was convicted of killing his three sons and a stepdaughter in 1997.

Tennessee is going to expand its use of the electric chair, making electrocution the state’s method of execution if lethal injection is not available. The new law, signed by Gov. Bill Haslam (R ...

Tennessee to use the electric chair 01:40 Editor’s Note: CNN’s original series “ Death Row Stories ” explores America’s capital punishment system.

An empty electric chair is shown in the Death House at “This is the culmination of 10 years of work and study,” Southwick crowed after the device ended Kemmler’s life.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A law signed by Gov. Bill Haslam to remove roadblocks to executions in Tennessee by expanding use of the electric chair could instead create new legal hurdles, experts on the ...

Testimony revealed that during an electric chair execution a voltage sequence in three phases occurs, starting at 2,000 volts for four-and-a-half seconds, 1,000 volts for eight seconds and 120 ...

Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill authorizing the state to use the electric chair as a backup to lethal injection, but the measure could spur the legal challenges that supporters had hoped to avoid ...

A South Carolina judge ruled Tuesday that death by firing squad and the electric chair violate the state’s Constitution, calling them cruel and unusual punishment in an order halting the ...

A photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state’s death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including a firing squad chair, left, and the electric chair, right.