electric chair
noun
1
: a chair used in legal electrocution
2
: the penalty of death by electrocution
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In Tennessee, inmates sentenced to death for crimes that happened before 1999 are allowed to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection.
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Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
That meant that Gladys—petite, pretty, and so young—and her lover, a choir boy known for singing church hymns on radio, could go to the electric chair.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
Though originally convicted then sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murders, Speck was resentenced to eight consecutive terms of 50 to 150 years each after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1972 that the death penalty of Illinois and other states was unconstitutional.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
He was convicted on three counts of murder, sentenced to death in the electric chair and executed on January 24, 1989.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
That meant that Gladys—petite, pretty, and so young—and her lover, a choir boy known for singing church hymns on radio, could go to the electric chair.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
Though originally convicted then sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murders, Speck was resentenced to eight consecutive terms of 50 to 150 years each after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1972 that the death penalty of Illinois and other states was unconstitutional.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
He was convicted on three counts of murder, sentenced to death in the electric chair and executed on January 24, 1989.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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“Electric chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20chair. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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