Legal challenges, like those that helped usher Gruesome Gertie into retirement 33 years ago after a half-century of on-and-off-again killing, figure to keep things historical at least for now.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last used for an execution in 1991, when the state moved to lethal ...

Under the new law, nitrogen hypoxia will be added to the available execution methods, along with the reintroduction of the electric chair, which death row inmates dubbed "Gruesome Gertie." ...

Louisiana’s infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last used for an execution in 1991 when the state moved to lethal injections as the sole ...

Nicknamed “Gruesome Gertie” by inmates on Death Row, the electric chair formerly used for executions at the Angola State Penitentiary is seen, Thursday, February 29, 2024, at the Angola State ...

In this June 15, 2012 photo, the electric chair in the execution room is on display at the Angola museum in Angola, La. In an effort to resume Louisiana’s death row executions after a 14 year ...

BATON ROGUE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last used for an execution in 1991, when the state moved to lethal ...

A sign introduces visitors with the name bestowed by prisoners: “Gruesome Gertie.” On a nearby wall are the faces of the last 20 men who sizzled to their deaths while belted in, slightly reclined.