Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 13, 2006 16:52:11 GMT -5
"State's First Electric Chair Execution In Decades Nears"
Convicted murderer Daryl Holton is scheduled to be put to death next week
in Tennessee. Holton, who killed 4 children in Shelbyville, has chosen to
die by the electric chair, a method not used in Tennessee in decades.
The chair has not been used since the 1960s. Correction Commissioner
George Little describes the chair as "just a chair" that "sits on the
floor." He said, "It has a junction box; there is a power cord that comes
through the wall that would be connected to the base of the chair. In the
next room is the control for the electric chair. There is a headpiece that
will go on."
Holton, convicted for the 1997 murder of his four children, picked the
chair over lethal injection. According to Tennessee law, death row inmates
have the option to either opt for lethal injection or electrocution.
Little said the process is one correction workers take solemnly. He said,
"It's a serious issue for the staff; course not having done an
electrocution in these many years, and certainly on the face of it present
some different challenges, different implications for staff."
While the chair may not have been used since the 1960s, it's been tested
quarterly and is ready for next week's scheduledelectrocution. Holton's
execution date is September 19.
(source: WKRN News)
Convicted murderer Daryl Holton is scheduled to be put to death next week
in Tennessee. Holton, who killed 4 children in Shelbyville, has chosen to
die by the electric chair, a method not used in Tennessee in decades.
The chair has not been used since the 1960s. Correction Commissioner
George Little describes the chair as "just a chair" that "sits on the
floor." He said, "It has a junction box; there is a power cord that comes
through the wall that would be connected to the base of the chair. In the
next room is the control for the electric chair. There is a headpiece that
will go on."
Holton, convicted for the 1997 murder of his four children, picked the
chair over lethal injection. According to Tennessee law, death row inmates
have the option to either opt for lethal injection or electrocution.
Little said the process is one correction workers take solemnly. He said,
"It's a serious issue for the staff; course not having done an
electrocution in these many years, and certainly on the face of it present
some different challenges, different implications for staff."
While the chair may not have been used since the 1960s, it's been tested
quarterly and is ready for next week's scheduledelectrocution. Holton's
execution date is September 19.
(source: WKRN News)