Suppose the company you work for is doing something that’s very expensive, takes a lot of time and never delivers the result ...

More than a century ago, William Kemmler, a vegetable seller, became the first person to be executed by an electric chair, ...

Robert Bowers, who murdered 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, was tried in federal court. There was no ...

The electric chair used by Texas was nicknamed "Old Sparky." It is now on display at the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville, where the state's death chamber is located.

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.

In front of Bart Mellon and James Oakley on Friday, James Neil Tucker became first inmate to die in the South Carolina electric chair in nearly 10 years. Mellon's daughter, 21-year-old Shannon ...

It’s away from the electric chair, which cannot be moved, according to the Department of Corrections. Sigmon, 67, will be dressed in a standard prison uniform.

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.