Rolling Back The Clock on Capital Punishment
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'Old Sparky', the decommissioned electric chair in which 361 prisoners were executed between 1924 and 1964, is pictured 05 November 2007 at the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville, Texas.
( Fanny Carrier/AFP / Getty )
( Fanny Carrier/AFP / Getty )