Back when Florida executed prisoners in an...

June 22nd, 2011

Back when Florida executed prisoners in an electric chair, part of the ritual involved plunging the entire maximum security state prison into total darkness as they switched off the grid and onto backup generators. The purpose of this exercise was to protect Florida Power and Light from possible bad publicity–a company in the electricity business doesn’t want the words “time of death” linked to its name on the front page.

Can activists end the death penalty by going after the companies behind the drugs used to execute? (Time Magazine)