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Man vs. Machine: The Death Row Inmate Who Turned His Toilet Into an Electric Chair
Gizmodo ^
| 21 May 2009
| Gizmodo
Posted on 05/22/2009 12:19:14 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins
Michael Anderson Godwin was a murderer. He was awaiting South Carolina's electric chair in 1989 when he decided to fix his TV set while sitting on his cell's metal toilet. You can probably see where this is going.
Being on death row is lonely, so having a TV is important to your sanity. Godwin's was on the fritz, so he decided to multitask by trying to fix it was using the commode.
The last stupid decision of his life was to bite down on an exposed wire in the plugged-in TV while sitting on the metal toilet. He was electrocuted instantly, making his own kind of electric chair and saving the state the trouble.
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KEYWORDS: electrocution; jail; olsparky; prison
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:20:21 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
LOL. Proves it is so hard to make things idiot proof...Idiots are so darn ingenious......LOL
To: yldstrk
Technically no, since being in jail he was unable to procreate anyway.
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:22:27 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(Boycott government communist tractor factories!)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
The Onion and Scrappleface couldn’t of done better with this one.
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:22:47 PM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(Conservatives obey the rules. Leftists cheat. Who probably has the political advantage?)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Wow! I bet that shocked the $%*t outta him!
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:23:36 PM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(I'm all for cap & trade. I want to cap government's power and trade it for a conservative one.)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
I hope these are being installed in all death row cells...along with defective TV sets...
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:24:18 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(July 4th, 2009. Washington DC. Gadsden Flags. Be There.)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:26:26 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
For you, sitting there, while you pee.
RIP
Rest in pee.
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:27:55 PM PDT
by
Sax
To: windcliff
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:29:52 PM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(The black man is keeping me down!)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
this story is a real smile bringer
I hereby present Michael Anderson Godwin with the ‘Uncle Louie Bone Turlit Award, retroactively for 1989’
21 Flush SALUTE
Its a Sicilian message, it means Michael Anderson Godwin sleeps with the toilet fish.
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:31:35 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins; upchuck; SC Swamp Fox; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; ...
No need to bury him - just flush.
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:31:36 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Israel is built on rock. Arabia is built on sand.)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:32:47 PM PDT
by
colorado tanker
("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
To: omega4179
since being in jail he was unable to procreate anyway. Some states allow conjugal visits.
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:35:58 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
("They're not Americans. They're liberals! "-- Ann Coulter, May 15, 2008)
To: yldstrk
so when is the hearing date for the widow’s $30 million lawsuit against the prison system and metal toilet manufacturer?
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
I peed myself laughing...
:)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Please quit posting content from this website into the News forum...
Bloggers only...
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Best electric chair ever!
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:37:42 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Did the TV shocked the sh1+ out of him?
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:37:57 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: Tennessee Nana
Just don’t do that while working on an electric appliance.
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posted on
05/22/2009 12:38:56 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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