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...
Farrah Abrahams was arrested on January 16, and it was all caught on camera . She allegedly slapped a security guard at Grandmaster Records in Hollywood when being asked to leave for being in an altercation with someone who allegedly assaulted her. After the slap, she was placed under citizen’s arrest and an ambulance was called. Because she started being hostile, the police were called and she was taken into custody and later released. Later she went to social media and shared images of the incident and accused the staff of attacking her deliberately so that they could leak the footage to the media: She also told TMZ: I’m tired of being maliciously battered, attacked, conspired against while having dinner at Grand Master Records, this was a private person's arrest my lawyer is handling from here. It is terrifying and traumatizing that people attack me and I can not even enjoy dinner as I’m the only person out of 3 attacked and harassed. I look forward to court as always, wa...