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In Re Kemmler
William Kemmler, also known as John Hort, was the first man to be sentenced to death by electrocution. ... The case In Re Kemmler provided the U. ...
The electric chair was created as a humane and approved method for the death sentence in capital cases. There were two reasons that were significantly important in the introduction of the electric chair. In 1886, the New York State government set up a commission to create a more humane execution form than the gallows. ...
William Kemmler was a fruit peddler and resident of Buffalo, NY. On March 29th 1889, William Kemmler used a hatchet to murder his common-law wife, Matilda Ziegler. ... He would be the first man to be executed by electrocution and it would take place in the state prison at Auburn. Shortly before the execution was about to take place, a writ of habeus corpus was served upon Warden Durston of Auburn on the grounds that executing Kemmler would constitute as cruel and unusual punishment, and was therefore unconstitutional. The argument was then taken up at the General Term of the New York Supreme Court at Rochester. The law’s constitutionality was upheld and then the case went on up to the Supreme Court.
Approximate Word count = 1015
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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