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Yes it was, and although most states now customarily use lethal injection or lethal gas for executions, in some states it is still an option that the condemned may choose.

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What was the electric chair used for?

Crazy people and criminals :3


How was the electric chair used?

To kill people in a violent and inhumane way.


What is the electric chairs purpose?

It was thought that electrocuting people would be more humane than shooting them or cutting off their heads or some other method of execution. It is not. It sends a massive jolt of electricity throughout the body to kill humans; and as shown in the film The Green Mile, if done improperly, it can burn people alive. Most places have replaced the electric chair with lethal injection which is the most humane known way to execute someone. It's like putting a sick animal to sleep. Answer 2: The purpose of the electric chair is execution by electrocution. It is used as a means of execution for criminals given the death penalty in the United States. Currently death by lethal injection is used more often than the electric chair.


Do they have the electric chair in Arizona?

Yes, Arizona does have the electric chair as a method of execution, but it is not the primary method. Lethal injection is the preferred method, and the electric chair is used only if the inmate chooses it or if lethal injection is unavailable. Arizona's death penalty laws allow for the electric chair as an option since the state's execution protocols were last updated.


In which US states is the electric chair used?

Georgia,, Alabama ,, nebraska


When will the electric chair be used again?

probably in virginia in the next couple of years


Where can one purchase an electric chair for stairs?

Ameriglide is a company that produces and sells electric chair lifts for stairs. A more affordable option can be found at American Used Medical Supplies.


Is it true Hitler used the electric chair in the Holocaust?

No. The people killed in the Nazi extermination camps were killed by the hundreds and thousands each day. Poison gas and gunfire were used to kill as many people as possible.


Why Edison decided to develop an electric chair?

Thomas Edison did not invent the electric chair; he was against its use. However, he did work on developing direct current (DC) electricity to compete with alternating current (AC) systems, which were used in the first electric chairs. Edison saw the electric chair as a way to discredit AC technology, which was promoted by his rival, George Westinghouse.


Is Ted Bundy evil?

He used to be in his days. He was executed in the electric chair so he is no longer evil.


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Who was the victim of electric chair in the Philippines?

The last victim of the electric chair in the Philippines was a man named Leo Pilo, who was executed on January 24, 1994. He was convicted of murder and was the last person to face execution by electrocution in the country before the Philippines abolished the death penalty in 2006. The electric chair was used in the Philippines from the 1920s until its discontinuation.