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
But by the late 1970s and early 1980s, problems with executions using the electric chair made headlines everywhere.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2022
In 1983, Ms. Piel persuaded a judge to issue a stay of their execution 16 hours before the defendants were set to die in the electric chair.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
