Tennessee conducts old school execution Share Share LinkedIn X Facebook Permalink By Douglas Berman September 12, 2007 As detailed in articles from Reuters and the AP, “Tennessee used its electric chair for the first time in 47 years on Wednesday to execute a man who killed his three sons and their half-sister.” Some related posts: Nebraska electrocution put on hold Old school execution A bit of lethal injection history My lethal injection piece on SSRN