Controversy
Davis' execution drew nationwide media attention after he had a nose bleed in the electric chair and suffered burns to his head, leg, and groin area during the course of his electrocution. A Florida Supreme Court justice published some photos of the aftermath of the incident.
In 1999, the state of Florida heard a petition from Thomas Harrison Provenzano, another death row inmate, that argued that the electric chair was a cruel and unusual punishment.
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