Alabama's Electric Chair

1927 - 1965

153 Executions

A convict, Ed Mason, built the electric chair, "Yellow Mama" for Kilby Prison’s death row.

Alabama's electric chair received it's yellow paint upon completion thanks to a donation from the Alabama Highway Department, which had a testing facility adjacent to Kilby Prison in Montgomery.

Note: The 153 electrocutions mentioned above are Pre- Furman executions only. 

Steven D. Stewart, The Clark County, Indiana Prosecuting Attorney,  has an excellent website "1.000+ Death Penalty Links". Information on Post- Furman executions (including the names of victims) can be found in the section entitled "U.S. Executions Since 1976".

http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/links/dplinks.htm