who was the first person to be legally executed using an electric chair
William Kemmler William Francis Kemmler (May 9, 1860 â€“ August 6, 1890) of Buffalo, New York, was a convicted murderer and the first person in the world to be legally executed using an electric chair.
Capital punishment in Ireland The only woman executed after independence was Annie Walsh in 1925. She and her nephew blamed each other for the murder of her elderly husband. The press expected only the nephew to be found guilty, but both were. She was hanged aged 31 in spite of the jury recommending clemency.[16][24]