# How might the Electric Chair be modernized?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 24, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-the-electric-chair-be-modernized/689152 "2014-05-24T04:43:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-the-electric-chair-be-modernized/689152/81 "2014-05-29T15:22:29Z")

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Sleeping pills to get the condemned nicely out of it, then push them off a high roof.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-the-electric-chair-be-modernized/689152/82 "2014-05-29T16:14:30Z")

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I think we could learn a lot from Argentina. Drop them into the ocean from an airplane. No muss, no fuss.

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