1. Capital Punishment
The invention was meant to kill a person quickly and painlessly and it became the standard method of execution in France until capital punishment The name of his invention was the electric chair. ... This repulsive performance of execution is what society calls a "quick and painless killing." ... The chamber is of octagonal shape and the condemned person is strapped into a chair, and a stethoscope is strapped to his chest and connected to ear pieces in a witness room so that the doctor can note when the heart stop beating. ...
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- Grade Level: High School