# Humane execution - death penalty revisited

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humane-execution-death-penalty-revisited/177057>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 23, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humane-execution-death-penalty-revisited/177057 "2003-05-23T16:21:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![trabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@trabi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trabi)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humane-execution-death-penalty-revisited/177057/41 "2003-05-26T05:55:59Z")

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What about the electric chair? Pretty cruel if you ask me, and certainly ‘unusual.’ Promoted by Edison to prove his (false) claim that alternating current is more dangerous than direct current in order to further his own business interests. What a wanker.

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