Article: THE ELECTRIC CHAIR WITH A PUSH BY GOV. GEORGE PATAKI TO RESTORE THE DEATH PENALTY IN NEW YORK STATE, SOME WO NDER WHETHER "OLD SPARKY" WILL LIGHT UP AGAIN.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Article: New Debate About an Old Killer; Foes of Electric ...
The Washington Post;  August 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... sitting in Florida's refurbished electric chair moments after his recent execution ... change: They argue that the electric chair represents cruel and unusual punishment ... the time has come to retire the electric chair," said lawyer Martin McClain ...

Article: Ga. Court Blocks Electric Chair Use
AP Online;  October 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... 05-2001 Ga. Court Blocks Electric Chair Use ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia ... court struck down the use of the electric chair Friday, saying the ghastly injuries ... Nebraska as the only states with the electric chair as the sole method of execution ...

Article: Will Tenn. electric chair still work?
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  March 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Massachusetts to refurbish the chair in 1989 for later installation ... consultants concluded that the electric chair he designed for Tennessee ... Wiechert, who has developed chairs for about eight states ... stop cooking them in the electric chair." On the Net: Tennessee ...

Article: FOCUS: THE ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ...
The Virginian Pilot;  November 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: FROM WIRE REPORTS When the electric chair was invented, it was extolled ... Alabama and Nebraska - use only the electric chair. Virginia, Ohio and South Carolina ... the stubborn insistence on the electric chair that has caused the problems in ...

Article: Electric chair's use in Nebraska comes under fire.
Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE);  January 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... known simply as The Chair. There's no question ... have abandoned the electric chair as their preferred ... have turned the chairs into macabre museum ... nearly century-old chair is no relic. It ... one that uses the electric chair as its sole method ...

Article: Georgia forbids use of electric chair
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  October 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... court struck down the use of the electric chair Friday, saying the ghastly injuries ... Nebraska as the only states with the electric chair as the sole method of execution ... court has struck down use of the electric chair as cruel and unusual. With the ...

Article: Debate Over The Electric Chair.
Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication;  December 17, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... involving capital punishment by the electric chair. Although the High Court is not ... state of Florida sanctions--the electric chair. In their appeal, Bryan's lawyers argued that the electric chair violates the Eighth Amendment ...