electric chair
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To offer one more example, when the electric chair was first used, Edwin Davis, the man who built the device, obtained a patent for it in 1897.
From Slate ● May 6, 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
The Carter Cowboys had been saved from the electric chair.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
