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To: goldworldnet who wrote (189390)	10/4/2001 11:06:55 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769667

Does not sound like much fun.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (189390)	10/5/2001 3:49:21 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Hi goldworldnet; Re: "I was in Jr. High when I saw a picture of a woman in the 1930's who had killed her husband in the electric chair with the juice on." You would have to be referring to Ruth Snyder, as she is, I think, the only person ever photographed in the process of death by electrocution. She is certainly the only woman so photographed, and the photograph is very famous. Copyrights to the photograph are closely held by a NY newspaper (the News Daily), and they send out complaints to anyone who publishes it on the net. Here's a few references: Busted for showing it: theelectricchair.com Not busted yet, but probably will be soon, so go grab a peek quickly: noop.rotten.com Note that her skeleton is definitely not visible in the photograph. Death by electric chair execution involves 2000 volts and about 10 amps, if I recall correctly, for about 5 minutes or so. That means something like 20,000 watts, which is a lot of power. (A microwave oven is about 750 Watts, so an electric chair is about the same as 25 microwave ovens.) This heats the body to a temperature well above the usual 98 degrees F. I recall 150 degrees F, which could be described as "heated", or maybe even "partially cooked", but certainly not "incandescent". For references to temperature of electric chair executees see, for instance: "raises the temperature of the body to around 150 degrees, too hot to touch." crimelibrary.com "After electrocution the body temperature rises to about 138º F and is initially too hot to touch." geocities.com Florida State's official word on all this, including what actually kills people who are electrocuted: Order Upholding Constitutionality of the Electric Chair dc.state.fl.us What looks like bones are just areas of over exposure (in that particular reproduction) on her legs. She was undoubtedly a light skinned lady. Here's a link showing a less over exposed version of the same image: members.tripod.com crimemagazine.com A link showing her (live) face. Clearly she wasn't getting much sun while in jail, and this was a time when women didn't tan their legs, or run around naked at the beach much: crimelibrary.com Note that both legs show the overexposure, but in electric chair usage, only one leg has an electrode attached. (One is "enough".) See, for instance: Prior to the execution of a member of the condemned's head and left calf* will be shaved.* members.aol.com "A single leg electrode* is place on the inmate's left leg.*" fcc.state.fl.us The last is a fascinating document. The index is here: fcc.state.fl.us -- Carl