electric chair
Example Sentences
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She was sentenced to the electric chair but it was later commuted to a life sentence.
From BBC
He had requested death by firing squad over the other two state-approved methods of execution: electric chair and lethal injection.
From BBC
The film suggests Cohn’s last great achievement was his first — sending both of the Rosenbergs to the electric chair in 1953.
From Salon
Inmates in South Carolina are allowed to choose whether they want to die by lethal injection, electric chair or firing squad.
From BBC
“Guys,” he said from the recording booth, “I don’t know that we should be talking about sending babies to the electric chair. Maybe we could just do ‘Should a baby get tried for matricide?’”
From Los Angeles Times
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