electric chair
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Twelve years later, in a case called In re Kemmler, the first person scheduled to die in the electric chair asked the court to strike down that method.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025
“As soon as Dara and I walked into his house, the electric chair from ‘Female Trouble’ was right in front of us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
The state asked the Supreme Court to toss out a lower court ruling after a 2022 trial that the electric chair and the firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
But by the late 1970s and early 1980s, problems with executions using the electric chair made headlines everywhere.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
From their arrests in 1950 through their 1951 trial in New York City to their eventual execution by electric chair in 1953, the Rosenbergs made front-page news.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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