In addition to electric chairs, Leuchter built, ... In preparation, an electrical engineer reduced the voltage from 2,640 to 1,750 and raised the amperage from 5 to 7.

When Tennessee death row inmate Edmund Zagorski was exectuted using the electric chair Nov. 1, 2018, it was the first time it had been used here in 11 years. Gov. Bill Haslam delayed the execution ...

Here are five things to know about the state's electric chair, provided by The Associated Press: Most recent electrocutions. Zagorski was executed by the electric chair at 7:26 p.m. CDT on ...

Edmund Zagorski, 63, faces death for the April 1983 killings of John Dale Dotson and Jimmy Porter. He will be the first inmate to die in the electric chair in 11 years.

In addition to electric chairs, Leuchter built, ... In preparation, an electrical engineer reduced the voltage from 2,640 to 1,750 and raised the amperage from 5 to 7.

But hours before the scheduled execution, Gov. Bill Haslam ordered a 10-day delay so the state could prepare the electric chair for Zagroski’s use.

The state hasn't used the electric chair since 2007, when 45-year-old Army veteran Daryl Holton was executed ... Raybin worries that there may not be enough time to prepare.