38+ What States Still Use The Electric Chair Gif. Mississippi, north carolina and new mexico used both the electric chair and the gas chamber at different times in the 20th century. A number of states still allow the condemned person to choose between electrocution and lethal.
Another method used during this time, and still used today is the firing squad which has never been used to execute a women in united states history.
Walsh and welch, making the electric chair the state's official method of execution. Since 1980, only 11 percent of american executions have involved the electric chair. Walsh and welch, making the electric chair the state's official method of execution. But several state courts have recently outlawed the electric chair as violating the constitutional ban on cruel and.