Pedro Medina, convicted of killing an Orlando schoolteacher 15 years ago, sat down in the three-legged oak electric chair and watched with interest as two guards secured him with wide, brown ...

As Pedro Medina fights in court to avoid the electric chair, the daughter of the Orlando woman he was convicted of killing says the state failed to prove his guilt. “I may be totally off, but ...

In 1997, Pedro Medina was sent to Florida’s infamous “Old Sparky,” which malfunctioned during his electrocution and caused flames to shoot out of his head.

Since the death penalty was reinstated in the US in 1976, there have been at least 10 visibly botched electrocutions, including the 1997 electrocution of Pedro Medina in Florida.