Charles Justice's Deadly Invention

Charles Justice's Deadly Invention

An inmate named Charles Justice was released early on parole for designing improvements to the electric chair, using metal instead of leather for the wrist restraints. Months later, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by the same chair he had improved.

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