Electric chair
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An electric chair is a specialized device used for execution through electrocution. The condemned prisoner is strapped to a custom wooden chair and electrocuted via electrodes attached to the head and
Electric chair at the Florida State Prison
The execution of William Kemmler, August 6, 1890
The former Louisiana execution chamber at the Red Hat Cell Block in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, West Feliciana Parish. The electric chair is a replica of the original.
Lethal injection
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Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person for the express purpose of causing death. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may
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…method of capital punishment in the United States and also extensively in the Philippines, but its use has substantially declined with the adoption of lethal injection which was perceived as more humane. As of 2026, electrocution is a legal method of capital punishment in the following U.S. states…
Execution room in the San Quentin State Prison in California
The Control Module of the lethal injection machine formerly installed in the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Delaware. On display in the National Museum of Crime & Punishment, Washington, D.C. (2009)