More than a century ago, William Kemmler, a vegetable seller, became the first person to be executed by an electric chair, marking a grim milestone in the evolution of capital punishment. On August 6, ...

Update (5:50 p.m.): Edmund Zagorski's attorney, Kelley Henry, tells the Scene that Tennessee Department of Correction officials have said it's too late for Zagorski to choose the electric chair, and ...