On August 6, 1890, at Auburn Prison, New York, William Kemmler became the first person to be sent to the chair. He was convicted of murdering his lover, Matilda Ziegler, with an axe. After he was strapped in, a charge of approximately 700 volts was delivered for only 17 seconds before the current failed. Although witnesses reported smelling burnt clothing and charred flesh, Kemmler was far from dead, and a second shock was prepared. The second charge was 1,030 volts and applied for about two minutes, whereupon smoke was observed coming from the head of Kemmler, who was clearly deceased. An autopsy showed that the electrode attached to his back had burned through to the spine. Electrocution as a humane means of execution was first suggested in 1881 by Dr. Albert Southwick, a dentist. Southwick had witnessed an elderly drunkard “painlessly” killed after touching the terminals of an electrical generator in Buffalo, New York. In the prevalent form of execution at the time—death b...
Daesh killed 200 children in mass execution. A video, circulated online by anti-ISIS activists, shows 200 Syrian children being lined up and gunned by Daesh militants
Daesh killed 200 children in mass execution. A video, circulated online by anti-ISIS activists, shows 200 Syrian children being lined up and gunned by Daesh militants. A new footage, revealed to be filmed last year, appears to show Daesh terror militants gunning down 200 Syrian children in a savage mass execution. In the video, which has been circulated online by a Yemen-based anti-ISIS activist, the children are forced to lie face down side-by-side in the dust with around a dozen militants behind them with assault rifles and machine guns. One armed militant then begins to open fire, shooting each child individually at point blank range. Others then join in, massacring the children. NOT THE FIRST TIME It is not the first time the so called Islamic State has explicitly targeted children. Last year in Iraq militants executed 1,700 military cadets over a period of a day and a half in Saddam Hussein's former presidential quarters. WATCH VIDEO FOOTAGE...