Join Colin D. Heaton as he explores the history of the electric chair, a method of capital punishment still permitted under federal law despite the 8th Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishment. Discover how the use of the death penalty varies across different states in this compelling episode of Forgotten History.

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