Thieves are still prepared to put themselves at serious risk of injury, or even death through electrocution, to hack through cables for a few pounds of wiring.

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Edison sent word to the commission that although he would like to see capital punishment abolished altogether, death by electrocution was the most humane method--and AC the preferred current.

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Unicef also identified road accidents, burns, falls, animal bites, electrocution and suffocation as other causes of serious injury and death.

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According to Iraq's Human Rights Ministry, cases of torture, including electrocution, burning detainees with hot irons and beating detainees to death, have been recorded.

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Parliament approved several methods for applying the death penalty, the Post Courier reported, including hanging, lethal injection, firing squad and electrocution.

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