August 11
MALAYSIA:
SPAN wants stiffer jail terms, fines over death penalty for water
pollutersSPAN chairman Charles Santiago says no death penalty has been
imposed because no deaths have occurred as a result of water contamination.
The National Water Services Commission
August 11
NEW YORK:
William Kemmler Became the 1st Person Executed by Electric Chair 129 Years Ago
The 1st electric chair execution happened 129 years ago on August 6, 1890, with
the death of William Kemmler, who was convicted of murdering his wife.
Because the execution was the
