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  • Man vs. Machine: The Death Row Inmate Who Turned His Toilet Into an Electric Chair

    05/22/2009 12:19:14 PM PDT · by MyTwoCopperCoins · 31 replies · 1,576+ views
    Gizmodo ^ | 21 May 2009 | Gizmodo
    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,...