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
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)
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
Lethal injection
…is no reasonable or less cruel alternative. Lethal injection gained popularity in the late 20th century as a form of execution intended to supplant electrocution, gas inhalation, hanging and firing squad, which were considered less humane. It has become the most common form of legal execution in the United States…
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.