MRS. FARMER DIES PRAYING IN CHAIR; First Electric Shock Kills Slayer of Mrs. Brennan -- 5 Women See Execution. SAYS HUSBAND IS INNOCENT Goes to Her Death Murmuring a Prayer -- Autopsy Shows She ...

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Vladimir Putin's forces are accused of carrying out a campaign of violence against Ukrainians ...

An electric shock occurs when a person comes into contact with an electrical energy source. This can often result in a burn. Learn more about treating electric shock and electrical burns.

RUSSIAN torturers have been accused of using a homemade electric chair to inflict savage shocks on Ukrainian captives and also castrated their victims. Horrific evidence of fresh Russian war crimes… ...

Tennessee has used the electric chair to execute four death row inmates, including Hall, since 2018. None of the witnesses at the other three executions reported seeing smoke or steam.

William Francis Kemmler was the first person executed by an electric chair, carried out at New York's Auburn Prison. He was convicted of murdering Matilda "Tillie" Ziegler, his common-law wife, a ...

Experts for the state testified the shock delivered by the electric chair is so great and the use of ammunition that shatters when it hits bone creating a number of fragments to destroy the heart ...

The effects of an electric shock vary depending on its source and severity. For example, shocks from light switches may be mild, while contact with industrial power sources can cause severe ...