Execution by electrocution, performed using an electric chair, is a method of execution originating in the United States in which the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes fastened on the head and leg. read more
None as their primary method of execution. Only the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia have electrocution as a secondary method which is usually only available at the prisoners request. read more
The electric chair was adopted by Ohio (1897), Massachusetts (1900), New Jersey (1906) and Virginia (1908), and soon became the prevalent method of execution in the United States, replacing hanging. Most of the states that currently use or have used the electric chair lie east of the Mississippi River. read more