Electric chair death penalty pictures?

Question

Hello.

I'm doing a persuassive speech in my oral communications class and as a more of a shocker-type statement I need help finding electric chair death penalty pictures gone wrong.

The ones like eyes hanging out of the sockets... just terrible things. I know this is weird to ask, but I've tried looking and I can't find any. And i'm also scared of what I do find.

As sick as it may seem, can anybody help me out here? I would greatly appreciate it.

Answer 1

Look through http://www.ogrish.com for some gruesome pictures. I haven't seen electric chair photos, but haven't dug around much either.

Answer 2

Images of failed executions are tough to find, huh? Great that you are giving a speech about this topic because we tend to turn a blind eye to our community killing people. This is one search I did: http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=death+penalty+executions

It won't have exactly what you are looking for, but that may not matter.

My suggestion is that you find Andy Warhol's famous silk screen of an electric chair. I think it may be the one that the Rosenbergs were executed in. If you make a list of the problems with using the chair as well as the horrific results and just show the image, if you are using power point.. start with the image tiny in the middle of the screen. As you read the horrible effects of executions gone wrong, move step by step closer and closer to the chair. As you move in, maybe flash on the head contact, the arm straps? The ankle straps?

Can you get a clip of the failed execution in The Green Mile?

By just reading a laundry list of failed executions, or even successful ones as the images keep the attention of the audience, you'll have a powerful introduction to your speech.

Another way to make your point if you are against capitol punishment might be to bring in the biggest, meanest looking guy in your school.. or an actor from outside? And, have assistants sit him in a simple chair and pantomime the step by step motions that a condemned person is put through to be prepared to die. Is it cruel and unusual punishment? Should a nation/state really be killing people? Is that civilized conduct? This may be accomplished without an actual person, too. Just move a wooden chair to center stage and gesture toward it as you describe the preparation for the execution. This may be even more dramatic, depending on the age of your classmates.

Good luck

Answer 3

I personally think that we let these guys waste too many tax dollars sitting on death row, with appeals and having to pay for their care entirely. If anything I think, If someone is guilty beyond any doubt of a crime punishable by death it should be done within a year. They do need time for an appeal if the evidnce isnt 100%, but then if you cant convict with 100% certainty they shouldnt be on death row. I say public hangings every saturday morning on the town square would be the best deterrent there ever was.

Answer 4

maybe you could take a picture from a movie. there is a good execution gone bad in "The Green Mile" . the cajun man put in the electric chair got fried with the sponge on his head dry instead of wet. it fried him to a crisp and maybe you could get that clip or something and it wont be so tramatic for you or other students. hope this helped you.

Answer 5

you will win by the weight behind your argument. not by visually shocking the judges.
spend more time refining your argument and leave the pictures out of it.
if you choose your words carefully each person hearing them will paint a far grizzlier mental image then any kodak snapshot could ever produce.

Answer 6

due to privacy matters, such images are not available to the general public.

Answer 7

Try crazyshit.com..