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词条 Old Smokey
释义

  1. Executions

  2. See also

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Other uses|Old Smoky (disambiguation)}}{{one source|date=September 2016}}Old Smokey is a euphemistic name given to the state prison electric chair in New Jersey, which is on display at the New Jersey State Police Museum. The chair's most notorious victim was Richard Hauptmann, the man behind the Lindbergh kidnapping.[1]

It was also the name given to Pennsylvania's electric chair.

Executions

New Jersey's chair was used in the electrocution of 159 men between 1907 and 1963. The Pennsylvania electric chair was used in the electrocution of 348 men and two women between 1915 and 1962.

New Jersey abolished capital punishment in 2007, but had abandoned electrocution in favor of lethal injection in 1983. Pennsylvania abolished electrocution in favor of lethal injection in 1990.

See also

  • Old Sparky, the nickname give to several states' electric chairs
  • Gruesome Gertie, the nickname given to Louisiana's electric chair
  • Yellow Mama, the nickname given to Alabama's electric chair

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=New Jersey State Police Museum|url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2167|website=RoadsideAmerica.com|publisher=RoadsideAmerica.com|accessdate=12 August 2014}}

External links

  • NJ State Police Museum
  • The Newseum

3 : 1963 disestablishments|Electric chairs|Capital punishment in New Jersey
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