"John Rowland" wrote in message
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Roger T. wrote:

Even the Americans can't electocute instantly, with 100% certainty,
people who have been sentanced to death by electric chair. That can
be a slow, painful death, requiring several attempts, before the
subject dies.

I thought you couldn't be charged twice for the one crime?

There are now circumstances under which you can be tried again, following an
acquittal, if new evidence is discovered which could not have been available
at the original trial.

Peter