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Methods of execution
The electric chair
Another American innovation - first used in New York on August 6, 1890 to execute wife-murderer William Kemmler. Electrodes are attached to the victim's head and calf and a current of 1,800 to 2,000 volts is passed through the body for about five minutes.
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