NASHVILLE – On Thursday, Tennessee is set to carry out the second-ever execution of a blind prisoner in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The state's highest ...

And now, according to most experts, the electric chair is on its last legs ... but Spivey committed his crime in 1976. In fact, there are only two states where the chair is still effectively ...

Image: Lee Standifer was beaten and stabbed to death Pic: Farragut Admiral yearbook, 1976 Moments before the ... had also chosen the electric chair over lethal injection, despite proponents ...

Prior to lethal injection, Louisiana used an electric chair dating back to when capital punishment resumed in the United States in 1976.The legislative session begins Mar. 10. If the bill passes ...

The electric chair: Tennessee could be the first state ... Raybin, who helped write Tennessee's death penalty statute as a prosecutor in 1976, said Zagorski's decision, just days before he ...