Is it true that if they pull the electric chair switch and it don't go off that the person is free to go?

Question

I heard that if someone is going to be executed and if for some reason the electric chair or gas chamber doesn't work, then they're free to go because it's God's will. This can't be true, can it?

Answer 1

No, the person is still a criminal, and would not be allowed to 'go free'.

The last few decades have been more likely to use "Lethal Injection" anyway, which is basically controllable...since each person has different drug tolerances, the amount of said drug to cause overdose and ultimately, death can be continuously administered until death occurs.

I've no proof, nor have I researched the notion, but it sounds like some sort of justice that might have been administered in prior times in history..?

Answer 2

its true! God is ALWAYS right, You retarded shitbrained ape

Answer 3

That sound pretty cool, some person dies and an innocent  person is the blame so the electro chair woont go off. I like that, it could be a book.. *idea*

Answer 4

I looked it up on snopes.com - it's clearly marked FALSE.

However, it looked like it did happen at least once, although it wasn't at all legal.

http://www.snopes.com/legal/second.asp

Answer 5

It might have been in earlier times, but now, if you are found guilty, and are put on death row, unless some new evidence comes up or something pertains to another case, you are going.Most states don't use the electric chair anymore, they use lethal injection.

Answer 6

No!  That does not change the court mandaged sentence.  There was a case in Purvis, Ms where a mob was trying to lynch a man, one Will Purvis and after the third try, which failed, they let him go.