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." ...

The use of the electric chair in other states has produced similar results. The Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution explicitly prohibits the use of cruel and unusual punishment. The electric ...

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.

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.

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 ...

The state’s only electric chair was built in 1915 and was last used in 1966, according to the AP. Some doubted the device still worked and said it would be too expensive to build a new one.

South Carolina's electric chair could be used for the first time since 2008 if the scheduled execution of Brad Sigmon takes place on June 18. Its second use could follow one week later on June 25 ...

The barbarity of electrocution may be part of its appeal, at least to some. When Alabama was debating legislation to bring back the electric chair in 2015, bill sponsor Lynn Greer said, “The ...

The national shortage of drugs necessary for death penalty states to carry out lethal injections has led Tennessee this week to become the first to allow a return to use of the electric chair. The ...

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As controversies over lethal injection drugs surge, Tennessee has found a way around the issue: It is bringing back the electric chair. Eight states authorize electrocution as a method of ...