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2. Gruesome Gertie - Wikipedia

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   "Gruesome Gertie" is also infamous for having the first known incident of a failed execution by electrocution in the United States. During the execution of Willie Francis on May 3, 1946, the electric chair had been improperly set up by a drunken prison guard, causing Francis to scream "Take it off!

3. Willie Francis - Wikipedia

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   Willie Francis (January 12, 1929 – May 9, 1947) was an American teenager known for surviving a failed execution by electrocution in the United States. [2] He was a convicted juvenile sentenced to death at age 16 by the state of Louisiana in 1945 for the murder of Andrew Thomas, a pharmacy owner in St. Martinville who had once employed him.

4. Category:Electric chairs - Wikipedia

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   People executed by electric chair‎ (26 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Electric chairs" ... Gruesome Gertie; O. Old Smokey; Old Sparky; S. State electrician; Y. Yellow Mama

5. List of botched executions - Wikipedia

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   Willie Francis (1946) – Electric chair (attempted). "Gruesome Gertie", Louisiana's portable electric chair, was improperly set up before the execution by an intoxicated guard and inmate, resulting in the current not being strong enough to kill Francis or knock him unconscious. The execution failed as a result and Francis could be heard ...

6. Here’s Exactly What Happened To Ted Bundy In The Electric Chair

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   Ted Bundy was executed via electric chair on January 24, 1989. The infamous serial killer, who murdered more than 30 women, was sentenced to capital punishment in Florida State Prison.

7. Family of Black teen wrongly executed in 1931 seeks damages ...

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   The family of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania — a Black 16-year-old sent to the electric chair in 1931 and exonerated by the governor in 2022 — is suing the ...

8. Old Sparky - Wikipedia

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   Old Sparky is the nickname of the electric chairs in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Old Smokey is the nickname of the electric chairs used in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. [1] "Old Sparky" is sometimes used to refer ...

9. First Alabama brought in nitrogen gas executions. Now South ...

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   The last time the electric chair was used was 2020. Meanwhile, Alabama put the first person in the world to death using the controversial – and wholly untested – method of nitrogen asphyxia in ...