the last person executed by electric chair was on may 10, 2002.
the last person executed by electric chair was on may 10, 2002.
who was the last person executed by electric chair?
may 10, 2002
gleason was executed by electric chair at greensville correctional center in jarratt, virginia, on january 16, 2013, at 9:08pm. his last words were purportedly "well, i hope percy ain't going to forget to wet the sponge. put me on the highway to jackson and call my irish buddies. póg mo thóin. god bless." the phrase "," is translated from irish as "kiss my arse." his execution was the first to be carried out by electric chair since the march 2010 execution of paul warner powell, also in virginia. gleason stands as the most recent person to die in the virginia electric chair, the last person to die in the electric chair in any jurisdiction for almost six years until the november 2018 execution of edmund zagorski in tennessee and the most recent person executed by electrocution in a jurisdiction other than the state of tennessee.
robert gleason (murderer)
on july 1, 1997, at 12:07 a.m., mcqueen was executed by electrocution at the kentucky state penitentiary in eddyville. in addition to being the first person executed in kentucky since 1962, mcqueen, , is also the last person executed in the state's electric chair and is the only person since 1976 executed in kentucky involuntarily. mcqueen's last words, spoken to his spiritual adviser, were "i love you, father". during his execution, smoke was seen rising from the electrodes placed on his right ankle. he was declared dead eight minutes after the execution had begun.









































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harold mcqueen jr.