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On this day, May 4, in 1990, Jesse Tafero was executed in Florida after his electric chair malfunctioned, causing flames to leap from his head. Tafero’s death sparked a debate on humane methods of ...

Two Greenville men were scheduled to be executed this month, marking the state’s first use of the electric chair in 13 years. But the chair’s return was halted Wednesday when the S.C. Supreme Court ...

Nebraska Electric chair becoming historical artifact Robert Williams died 11 years ago sitting in Nebraska's electric chair. It's almost a sure bet he will go down in history as the last man executed ...

On this date in 1890, a Buffalo man had the dubious honor of being the first man to meet his death on the electric chair. And that isn't Buffalo's only tie to the chair.