The Most Painful "Failed" Executions Ever

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On August 6th, 1890, William Kemler became the first person in history to be executed by electricity. He was a 30-year-old ger from Buffalo, convicted of taking the life of his common law wife. The state of New York had recently adopted electrocution as a new method of execution, promoted as a cleaner, more civilized form of ending someone's life. ... Read More