"It has been a brutal affair. They could have done better with an axe."
-George Westinghouse, August 6, 1890
“If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.” -Lenny Bruce
Between August 1890 and March 2010, 4,442 people suffered death by electrocution in the USA. 58 of these took place in the 19th century (51 in New York and seven in Ohio), 4,372 in the 20th century and 12 in the 21st century. – Capital Punishment UK.org
William Kemmler – Wikipedia
Excerpt from "Far Worse Than Hanging" – JRank.org
Kemmler’s Death by Torture – Mindfully.org
Aug. 6, 1890: Kemmler First to ‘Ride the Lightning’ – Wired
Electric Chair – Wikipedia
A Surge of Inspiration – Books by Kihm
The Shocking History of the Electric Chair – Web Urbanist
The Electric Chair – TruTV
Death, Money, and the History of the Electric Chair – About.com
The History of the Electric Chair – CCADP
Georgia Execution Tapes Released – ABC News/Nightline
Complete Audio of the Execution Tapes – Sound Portraits.org
Famous Electric Chair Executions – About.com
Voltage of an Electric Chair – The Physics Factbook
Execution By Electric Chair 1 to 1000 – I.A. Wayback Machine
Capital Punishment – ACLU
Execution Methods – Death Penalty Information Center
Capital Punishment U.K. – Contents Page – Capital Punishment U.K.
The Last Words Spoken by Criminals before Execution – Brain Candy
Top Ten Songs about the Death Penalty – Gunaxin Media
Execution of the Day – EOTD
Husband built Electric Chair to Kill Wife – Mail Online
Barbie Doll Electric Chair – Middle School Science Fair Project – Instructables
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