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The supreme court case of in re kemmler deals with what form of execution?

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The form of execution that being used is electrocution.
electrocution is a form of execution that utilize high voltage of electricity to create irrepariable damage to one's body.
The term is first used in 1889 by a newspaper in united states when the first electric chair was first introduced
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The supreme court case of in re kemmler deals with execution using electrocution.

In this type of execution (electrocution), death is caused as a result of an electric shock caused by passing high electric current through the human's body.
The word "electrocution" is a combination of the two words "electro" (coming from electricity) and "execution"
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