Registered Traveler. The Registered Traveler Pilot Program was an airline passenger security assessment system tested in the United States air travel industry in 2005. It was used in several U.S. airports in a voluntary pilot phase and continues in operation in several airports around the country.
Only six states, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, still authorize use of the electric chair, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The six states will electrocute only those inmates who request it, according to The Washington Post.
It was invented in the U.S. in an attempt to execute people in a way that was more humane than hanging. It was used first in the state of NewYork in 1890 (William Kemmler in an eight-minute ordeal said to be far worse than hanging). The Philippines adopted the chair during American occupation but used it last in 1976.