The electric chair seems to possess an especially gruesome fascination and has been the subject of many films.
Electrocution by state 1890-1966
(pre Furman)
StateUsed from/toNo. electrocuted
Alabama1927-1965153
Arkansas1913-1964169
Connecticut1937-196018
Dist. of Columbia1928-195750
Florida1924-1964197
Georgia1924-1964417
Illinois1928-196298
Indiana1914-196159
Kentucky1911-1962171
Louisiana1941-196168
Massachusetts1901-194765
Mississippi1940-195476
Nebraska1920- 195512
New jersey1907-1963160
New Mexico1933-19567
New York1890-1963695
North Carolina1910-1938167
Ohio1897-1963315
Oklahoma1915-196683
Pennsylvania1915-1962350
South Carolina1912-1962241
South Dakota19471
Tennessee1916-1960125
Texas1924-1964361
Vermont1919-19545
Virginia1908-1962 236
West Virginia1951-19599
Total1890-19664,308
During the period 1977 - April 2003 a further 149 men and 2 women have been electrocuted in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska and Virginia.
Grand total1890-20034459
FIRING SQUAD
It is estimated that 340 men have been executed in the U.S. by firing squad since 1600. Many of these were military executions carried out in the civil war. In modern times only Idaho and Utah have allowed execution by firing squad but in practice only Utah has used it since the resumption of executions in 1977.
Nevada carried out one execution by shooting using an "execution machine". This was on May 14th 1913 when Andrija Mircovich was executed for murder. It is however the most common method of execution in use worldwide - 71 countries use shooting as the method of execution, either exclusively or for some classes of crime or criminal.
Utah.
Under Utah law since 1852 the condemned man had the choice of shooting by firing squad (which complies with the Mormon doctrine of Blood Atonement) or hanging, most prisoners choosing shooting. To date, there have been forty-eight legal executions in the state of Utah. Of these, thirty-nine were by firing squad, six by hanging, and two by lethal injection.
On 17 January 1977 Gary Mark Gilmore became the first person to be executed in the U.S. for ten years after putting up a strenuous campaign to be allowed to die. He had been convicted of the murders by shooting of a motel owner and of a gas station attendant. At the time of the killings Gilmore was on parole from a twelve-year sentence for armed robbery.
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