In today’s society people have become more involved in the criminal justice system than has been in the past. People felt that the use of electrocutions were inhumane in the past and were afraid to say so then, now that times have changed people still feel that the electric chair is inhumane but now they aren’t afraid to speak up for what they believe in. Lethal injection is being used more now because society feels that it’s a more humane method of execution. Although some states still use the practice of electrocution as a method of execution. Today it is used as a secondary method. Electrocution may be chosen by the prisoner over lethal injection, Tennessee is the only state that the prisoner isn’t allowed to choose, it might be used
