Editing Old Sparky (section)

{{Short description|Nickname for electric chairs}}
[[File:Old Sparky.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Old Sparky at the [[Tucker Unit]], Arkansas. It was used to conduct 104 executions from 1926 to 1948.]]

'''Old Sparky''' is the [[nickname]] of the [[electric chair]]s in [[Arkansas]], [[Connecticut]], [[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Illinois]], [[Kentucky]], [[Nebraska]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Ohio]], [[Oklahoma]], [[South Carolina]], [[Texas]], [[Virginia]], and [[West Virginia]]. Old Betsy was the nickname of the electric chair that was used in [[Indiana]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Caleca |first=Linda G. |date=March 6, 1981 |title=Deadly 'Old Betsy' awaits Steven Judy |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/06/Deadly-Old-Betsy-awaits-Steven-Judy/8451352702800/ |website=www.upi.com |location= |publisher=[[United Press International]] |access-date=March 12, 2025}}</ref> and [[Old Smokey]] is the nickname of the electric chairs used in [[New Jersey]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://freedom.answers.com/death-penalty/famous-electric-chairs-used-in-executions | title=Famous Electric Chairs Used in Executions | publisher=Answers.com | access-date=6 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714221019/http://freedom.answers.com/death-penalty/famous-electric-chairs-used-in-executions | archive-date=14 July 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> "Old Sparky" is sometimes used to refer to electric chairs in general, and not one of a specific state.