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In 1947, Louisiana executed 18-year-old Willie Francis by electric chair a year after an improperly prepared electric chair failed to kill the teen. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to allow the second execution to proceed, rejecting double-jeopardy arguments.
In the prevalent form of execution at the timeâdeath by hangingâthe condemned were known to hang by their broken necks for up to 30 minutes before succumbing to asphyxiation. In 1889, New Yorkâs Electrical Execution Law, the first of its kind in the world, went into effect, and Edwin R. Davis, the Auburn Prison electrician, was commissioned to design an electric chair. Closely resembling the modern device, Davisâ chair was fitted with two electrodes, which were composed of metal disks held together with rubber and covered with a damp sponge.