Zagorski was the second inmate executed in the electric chair in Tennessee since 1960. He had been on death row for 34 years, the second-longest in the state. Sponsor Message.

Why This Inmate Chose the Electric Chair Over Lethal Injection Nationally, electrocution is outdated. But several condemned men put to death in Tennessee have chosen it.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee inmate set to be put to death next week has requested the electric chair and not the state’s preferred method of a lethal injection, becoming the second inmate … ...

If John W. Byrd Jr. dies this week, he will be the first Death Row inmate to be electrocuted in Ohio in 38 years. He may also be the last. Byrd’s decision to be electrocuted rather than die b… ...

A South Carolina death row inmate is being required to choose between a firing squad, lethal injection and the electric chair for his Nov. 1 execution. Richard Moore, 59, was convicted of the ...

A death row inmate who is terrified of the electric chair and being "tortured by lethal injection" has been granted the opportunity to choose the manner of his execution. Brad Sigmon, 67, killed ...

Tennessee inmate David Earl Miller was put to death via electric chair Thursday evening, using his final moments to say electrocution “beats being on death row.” The 61-year-old, convicted of ...

Blind inmate to be executed by electric chair, first since death penalty reinstated. Mariah Timms. The Tennessean. NASHVILLE – On Thursday, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – An attorney for Tennessee death row inmate Edmund Zagorski says his choice of death by electrocution over lethal injection is not a ploy to buy time. Kelley Henry announced ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee used its electric chair for the first time since 2007, executing an inmate Thursday evening for the killings of two other men who had been shot and had their throats ...

A death row inmate who is terrified of the electric chair and being "tortured by lethal injection" has been granted the opportunity to choose the manner of his execution. Brad Sigmon, 67, killed ...