HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania has become the 21st state to abandon the electric chair in favor of lethal injection as the method for executing murderers. Gov. Robert P. Casey on Thursday signed a bill retiring the chair, which has not been used since 1962.
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Pennsylvania Abandons Use of Electric Chair
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