Long before the phrase “Ol’ Sparky” became part of pop culture, the very first execution by electric chair took place at ...

A familiar shop on downtown Huntington Beach’s Main Street is being evicted from its location because it can longer make the rent. Electric Chair, a store which sells punk-rock, rockabilly, ...

May 4 -- When Florida's Supreme Court posted photos of the bleeding, bubbling corpse of 340-pound triple-murderer Allen Lee "Tiny" Davis on the Web, the court may have sentenced to death a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — If Tennessee electrocutes Edmund Zagorski on Thursday, it will be in an electric chair built by a self-taught execution expert who is no longer welcome in the prison system and ...

In this undated photo released by Fred Leuchter, center, he stands near the control panel for the electric chair he built. Leuchter says he is afraid the chair will malfunction at an execution ...

Knoxville, Tenn. (WBIR) On Friday afternoon, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam defended his decision to sign a bill that requires the use of the electric chair to carry out executions if lethal injection ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." In 1989, The 42-year-old "lady killer" was sentenced to capital punishment—a.k.a. the death ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A law signed by Gov. Bill Haslam to remove roadblocks to executions in Tennessee by expanding use of the electric chair could instead create new legal hurdles, experts on the death ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — If Tennessee electrocutes Edmund Zagorski on Thursday, it will be in an electric chair built by a self-taught execution expert who is no longer welcome in the prison system and who ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates for now to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes ...

Gruesome Gertie can remain unplugged. State Rep. Joseph Lopinto, R-Metairie, abruptly dropped his proposal Tuesday to bring back the electric chair in Louisiana. He waited until nearly the end of the ...