Editing Old Sparky (section)

==Georgia==
[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]'s [[electric chair]], known as "Old Sparky", located at [[Georgia State Prison]] was installed in 1924 following the state's abolition of [[hanging]] and was the sole method of execution in Georgia until October 25, 2001. The original chair, which was painted white, was replaced in 1980 and sent from the [[Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center]] back to Reidsville, while a squat, varnished replacement was constructed to replace it. Between 1924 and 1998, Georgia electrocuted 441 prisoners. Today the original chair is on public display at Georgia State Prison, while its replacement is situated in a closet near the death chamber at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/file/10336|title=Georgia's Electric Chair &#124; New Georgia Encyclopedia|website=www.georgiaencyclopedia.org}}</ref> It was used in the 1945 execution of [[Lena Baker]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/lena-baker-case|title=Lena Baker Case|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia}}</ref> In 1996, Georgia State Representative Doug Teper<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/Archives/19951996/house/gahm61.htm|title=Representative Doug Teper (D-61)|publisher=Georgia House of Representatives|access-date=2013-10-03}}</ref> unsuccessfully sponsored a bill to replace the state's electric chair with a [[guillotine]] in order to facilitate the use of the condemned prisoners' remains in [[organ donation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/Archives/19951996/leg/fulltext/hb1274.htm|title=Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions HB 1274 - Death penalty; guillotine provisions|publisher=The General Assembly of Georgia|access-date=2013-10-03}}</ref>