Gas Chamber Executions
Despite its history, the gas chamber was advertised as an efficient and humane form of execution. At least it seemed that way to the observers… PrevNextGallery IndexImage 2 of 8The infamous lime green gas chamber at San Quentin in California.Image courtesy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.The infamous lime green gas chamber at San Quentin, where all of California’s death sentences are carried out. Today the room is used for lethal injections; California abolished execution by poison gas in 1995.History: In 1921, lawmakers in the State of Nevada, horrified by the gruesome electric chair, sought a less violent form of execution.
