5 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE ELECTRIC CHAIR

5 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE ELECTRIC CHAIR

1. Once, an unknown citizen of the state of New York saw a drunk man accidentally touch the contact of an electric generator, he died of electric shock. The man told this to his friend, Senator David Macmillan. The senator thought that this would be a good way to execute criminals. He voiced this proposal to Congress. It was accepted and passed into law.

2. The first person who was executed in the electric chair (August 6, 1890) was William Kemmler, who had hacked his wife with an ax.

3. Criminals had many names for the Electric Chair: Old Sparky, Yellow Mama, Gruesome Gertie, Sizzling Sally or Hot Seat.

4. The United States eventually stopped production of electric chairs. The old ones often fail during the execution, prolonging the torment of a person.

5. There were two cases when death by electric chair was replaced with life imprisonment, but an electric shock still found the sentenced person. In both accidents the cause of death was the metal toilet mounted in the prison cell. In the first case, the prisoner was sitting on the toilet trying to repair a TV. In the second a prisoner was listening to music with self made headphones.

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