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Tennessee executes a double murderer by electric chairBy Steve Almasy and Jamiel Lynch, CNNUpdated 0253 GMT (1053 HKT) August 16, 2019 (CNN)A double murderer who chose to die by electrocution was executed Thursday night, the Tennessee Department of Correction said.Stephen West was convicted in 1986 of fatally stabbing a mother and her 15-year-old daughter, CNN affiliate WKRN reported.He had several times escaped being put to death, including a scheduled execution in 2001 that was delayed when he began appealing his death sentence, according to several media reports.Read more at: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/15/us/tennessee-inmate-execution/index.html
I personally was not aware anywhere was using the electric chair. Needless to say, the crimes of the man executed were absolutely monstrous.
IMO, there is something sick and twisted to take 33 years to execute a prisoner.
Electric chair, lethal injection, firing squad...Who cares?He's gone (WAY overdue), and that's what counts.Who's up next?