with sodium thiopental, which puts the inmate to sleep. Next flows pavulon or pancuronium bromide (Methods of Execution, 1999), which stricken the entire muscle system and stops the inmate's breathing. Finally, the flow of potassium chloride stops the heart (Methods of!
             Execution, 1999). Death results from overdose and cardiac arrest while the condemned person is unconscious (Methods of Execution, 1999).
             The use of the Electric chair is the most widely known method of the capital punishment (Methods of Execution, 1999). Many people have seen pictures of botched or successful electrocutions in movies and in the media. Some chairs in different states have been used so much that they have received nicknames, like Old Sparky. For execution by the electric chair, the person's head is shaved and strapped to a chair with leather belts that cross
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