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The Electrical Grid (2020)

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CHAPTER

The Problems With Capital Punishment

By the late 18 hundred many activists and other people were calling an end to the brutal methods used to kill deathrow inmates, mainly hanging or firing squad. Southwick thought the most humane way of killing a person would be with electricity. This argument seemed to convince addison. But when you mix that sincerity and edison's burning desire to beat westing house, then you get a very cynical marketing strategy.

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