Yellow Mama - Wikipedia
WEBYellow Mama is the electric chair of the United States state of Alabama. It was used for executions from 1927 to 2002.
10 things to know about Alabama's electric chair, Yellow Mama
WEBJan 21, 2016 · From 1927 until 2002, Yellow Mama was the only method used to put Alabama prisoners to death. When lethal injection was introduced in 2002, inmates were given an option of injection, or...
Horace DeVaughn - Wikipedia
WEBHorace DeVaughn (died April 8, 1927), of Birmingham, Alabama, was the first prison inmate in Alabama to be executed by the Alabama electric chair, nicknamed "Yellow Mama" because it was painted with bright yellow highway …
Yellow Mama claims her first victim in AL - Appalachian History
WEBApr 10, 2019 · Alabamans called their electric chair Yellow Mama---it acquired its color from highway line paint from the adjacent State Highway Department lab.
Doyle Hamm, Who Survived a Bungled Execution, Dies in Prison at …
WEBNov 29, 2021 · Hamm had been sentenced to death by electrocution, but Alabama’s electric chair, nicknamed Yellow Mama because of its color, was mothballed when the state conducted its first execution by lethal...
Yellow Mama - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBYellow Mama is the nickname given to Alabama 's electric chair, which was used for executions from 1927–2002. It was used at Kilby State Prison in Montgomery, Alabama. Yellow Mama was painted with highway-line paint …
'Crime does not pay': The final words, meals of Alabama's …
WEBJan 22, 2015 · Convicted of murdering his wife, Hall proclaimed his innocence as he was led to the 'Big Yellow Mama.'
The last person electrocuted by Alabama's Yellow Mama: Friday's …
WEBMar 13, 2015 · If the Senate passes the measure and the aptly named "Yellow Mama" is hauled out of storage, it would mark the first time since 2002 the chair would be used to execute an inmate.
Yellow Mama: 75 Years of Capital Punishment in Alabama
WEBFrom 1927 to 2002, executions took place in Alabama’s one and only electric chair, painted bright yellow. This is the history of that chair, nicknamed “Yellow Mama.” Public hangings were common in Alabama during the frontier days and most of the 1800s.
Retire Big Yellow Mama
WEBFeb 1, 2001 · Big Yellow Mama. That’s what inmates on Alabama’s Death Row call the electric chair. The arms of the oversized yellow chair, wired with deadly electrodes, are the last to embrace convicted...
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