LINCOLN, Nebraska - Residents of a small southwest Nebraska town have a question for state officials: You're not doing anything with that old electric chair, are you?
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled last year that the state's use of the electric chair was unconstitutional.
Some people in McCook - population just under 8,000 - think "Old Sparky" could be a tourist attraction and have offered to take it off the state's hands.
Fifteen men were executed in the chair, which is about 338 kilometres east of McCook at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln.
Corrections department spokeswoman Connie Nemec says there are no immediate plans to move the chair.
I can imagine a whole museum, detailing the lives and crimes of the fifteen men who were executed. And just imagine what the gift store would be like
Okay - here's a confession. I'd probably pay to sit in the chair just for a second or two (but hold the electricity).
ReplyDeleteactually didn't think of that but what a good money making idea.
ReplyDeletei was out at the manukau mall today they have a couple of shiatsu chairs their. for $2 you god 5 minutes of vibratory action
Told Griff this story yesterday. He'd pay too.
ReplyDeleteshiatsu, or a little bit of electricity?
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