Tennessee man executed by electric chair after supreme court battle

Edmund Zagorski argued it was unconstitutional to force him to choose electric chair or lethal injection

Edmund Zagorski, a convicted double-murderer, was put to death in the electric chair on Thursday night in a prison in Nashville, Tennessee, marking the first use of the controversial execution method in the US since 2013.

Zagorski’s death came minutes after the US supreme court declined to step in and prevent the execution going ahead. The 63-year-old prisoner had petitioned the court arguing that it was unconstitutional for him to be forced to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection.

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