Jeff Binkley -> Tom Walker wrote:




 TW>>>>> Actualy Beheading is FAR more Humane than either Hanging or
 TW>>>>> Electriction. And some say even the current perfered method
 TW>>>>> of Injection because it is SO quick.

 JB>>>>> It should be done in public.  A deterrent not seen is not
 JB>>>>> as much of a deterrent.

 AP>>>> I vote for public execution via the firing squad!

 JB>>> I am OK with that but I was also fond of the chair.


 TW>> Trivia Time.

 TW>> Did you know that in the 40's the San Francisco City Jail had an
 TW>> Electric Chair?

 JB> I did not.  I do know the old Ohio Penn here in Columbus and the
 JB> Lucasville Penn in southern Ohio both had active working chairs.

I believe that Mr Walker is incorrect. Death Row has always been at San
Quentin. Back in the early days of San Francisco there were a couple of
"vigilance committees" who would break criminals out of the city
jail and lynch them.

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