The Electric Chair: An Unnatural American History

Brandon, Craig

ISBN 10: 0786444932 ISBN 13: 9780786444939

Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2009

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Book by Craig Brandon

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"a history of the first decade of the electric chair. Brandon tells an absorbing story...an excellent, readable work"--Choice; "one must admire Brandon's extensive research...essential"--Library Journal; "highly readable, meticulously documented and absolutely fascinating history...an important contribution to the ongoing debate over capital punishment in this state and this country...recommended"--Bookmarks; "[the] most thorough study of the first man to be executed by current in America. Any serious student of law, New York history or politics owes himself the opportunity to read this great book"--New York Law Journal.

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Since its first use in 1890, the electric chair has been the means of legal execution for over 4,300 individuals in 23 states. Its use in recent years has steadily declined, and nowadays many states use the chair only as a museum display. 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 replaces it with lethal injection.

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• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0786444932
• ISBN 13: 9780786444939
• Einband: Rústica
• Anzahl der Seiten: 286