Death by electric chair in some states in the USA

[Starmix]

As of 2025, the electric chair is still a legal execution method in some states in the United States, including Alabama, South Carolina, and Florida, where inmates may choose lethal injection instead. Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee offer death row inmates sentenced before their select date.

These three states also authorize electrocution as an alternative if lethal injection is deemed unavailable, the electric chair to those sentenced before a certain date, but inmates not selecting this method or convicted after the specified date face lethal injection.

Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma accept the electric chair as an alternative if other execution methods are ruled unconstitutional at the time of execution. Historically, the electric chair was also used extensively in the Philippines, but its last use was in 1976.

 

[gwolf666]

The persistence of the electric chair as a method of execution in some US states evokes mixed feelings in me. On the one hand, I understand that the law seeks to offer options, but I also believe that maintaining such a brutal and inhumane method, even if it is only one option, reflects a form of justice that can be questioned. The history of its use in other countries, such as the Philippines, and its recent existence in some states, shows that there are still important debates about whether the death penalty, in any form, should exist. Personally, I believe that in the 21st century we should focus on seeking justice systems that respect human dignity and avoid cruel methods. The existence of the electric chair in 2025 demonstrates that there is still a long way to go to end practices that, in my opinion, belong to a dark past. The discussion about its use reflects how we are still in a process of moral and ethical reflection.

 

[Starmix]

The criminals who committed heinous crimes have nothing to do, except to pay for their crimes, and whatever execution method is approved, they do not have a choice but to accept their excruciating way of killing them through the electric chair.

 

[kit_hung]

Currently, in 2025, the electric chair is still used as a method of execution in some US states such as Alabama, South Carolina and Florida where inmates can choose lethal injection instead. Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee also allow electrocution for those who were on death row before a certain date. Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma say the electric chair can be used if other methods are declared unconstitutional. Historically, the Philippines also used it, but the last time was in 1976. A Chinese proverb says that a small stone, if repeatedly hit, can split a mountain.

 

[Starmix]

I saw on YouTube how a criminal is sentenced to the electric chair. It was so scary. There is no second chance at survival.