The Electric Chair

An Unnatural American History

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Death & Dying, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology, History
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Author: Craig Brandon ISBN: 9780786451012
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: March 3, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Craig Brandon
ISBN: 9780786451012
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: March 3, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

This book provides a history of the electric chair and analyzes its features, its development, and the manner of its use. Chapters cover the early conceptual stages as a humane alternative to hanging, and the rivalry between Edison and Westinghouse that was one of the main forces in the chair’s adoption as a mode of execution. Also presented are an account of the terrible first execution and a number of the subsequent gruesome employments of the chair. The text explores the changing attitudes toward the chair as state after state replaced it with lethal injection.

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This book provides a history of the electric chair and analyzes its features, its development, and the manner of its use. Chapters cover the early conceptual stages as a humane alternative to hanging, and the rivalry between Edison and Westinghouse that was one of the main forces in the chair’s adoption as a mode of execution. Also presented are an account of the terrible first execution and a number of the subsequent gruesome employments of the chair. The text explores the changing attitudes toward the chair as state after state replaced it with lethal injection.

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