James Earl Reed (26 November 1958 – 20 June 2008) was a convicted murderer put to death in the state of South Carolina by electrocution in Old Sparky, the name of the state's electric chair. As of 2013 Reed's execution was the last use of the electric chair outside the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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