electric chair
noun
1
: a chair used in legal electrocution
2
: the penalty of death by electrocution
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Mahdi can choose to die by lethal injection, the electric chair or a firing squad.
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
Sigmon, 67, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, chose to die by firing squad because of his concerns about the other two methods available in the state: lethal injection and the electric chair.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
South Carolina's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
Sigmon, who was convicted in 2001 of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, chose the method over dying by electric chair or lethal injection.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
Sigmon, 67, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, chose to die by firing squad because of his concerns about the other two methods available in the state: lethal injection and the electric chair.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
South Carolina's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
Sigmon, who was convicted in 2001 of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, chose the method over dying by electric chair or lethal injection.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Electric chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20chair. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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