(11-11-2009) Ted's Hot Seat Emporium

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[frrrrrunkis]

@UberMan5000 Teddy's just upset, that's all.

[Andros1921]

Ted Sheckler's "Shock Seats" coming to a town near you!!!

[UberMan5000]

Ted Scheckler talks a lot faster now than he used to.

[benmcd170]

its because they need to use wood since its a bad conductor, if it was metal it would stay charged for a while and could kill any guards who get too close

[electroexecutee]

@CWFoster1995 It certainly is, and South Dakota copied it! Nobody seems to know whether South Dakota's chair was used for their one execution, since stories abound that they borrowed Nebraska's. This makes no sense, because the chair is just a restraining device. The generator and electrodes deliver the current. It would be a shame if South Dakota's chair was never used.

If I was the warden in South Dakota at the time, I would have been dying to see the contraption in action.

[electroexecutee]

@CWFoster1995 ... and the Leuchter design of the electrics was questionable, leaving the chance that the circuit would be broken if the current exceeded 9A or something like that, which at 2400V is quite possible. So they brought in Jay Weichart/Weichert (nobody seems to know which is the correct spelling) and he made the chair deliver 1750 twice. Leuchter said this would fail, but Daryl Holton's execution went flawlessly.

The 2 slots in the leather headrest are to strap the head to the chair.

[electroexecutee]

@CWFoster1995 Tennessee's chair is made from some (a bit) of lumbar from the old gallows and some from the previous electric chair, so Leuchter claims, yet the old chair is in their crime museum. The new one is finished with epoxy resin similar to that used on the Space Shuttle. Why? I've no idea! The head rest was a solid piece of leather, but then was changed to incorporate 2 slots.

Again, I can't see it being used again, as lethal injection is either default or mandatory - I'm not sure ...

[CWFoster1995]

@electroexecutee Too bad it would not be the default. But it would be great if they brought that thing back. It looks great, with that straight tall back. At least Texas puts its death penalty to good use.

Do you know anything about the next time Tennessee will use there chair? Its a nice chair too.

[electroexecutee]

@CWFoster1995 Oh I do hope so! But Texas I think was the second state (after Oklahoma) to switch to lethal injection. The Texas chair is beautiful but kept in a museum now with a replica death chamber.

One thing is for sure - Texas never had a botched execution with their chair in 100 years or so, unlike lethal injection in a fraction of that time.

Their chair was actually salvaged from the prison scrapyard. If they recommission it, I think it would only be as an option, not as default.

[CWFoster1995]

@electroexecutee wasnt there talk of Texas possibly recommissioning the electric chair?