claim: "eighty-five percent of the states in the united states that had electrocution have now abolished it."
author: scott surovell
evidence_1: new york is the first state to have banned this inhumane method. 2. eighty-five  percent of the fur industry's skins come from animals who were held captive on  fur ...
evidence_2: "eighty-five percent of the states in the united states that had electrocution have  now abolished it." — politifact virginia on monday, february 3rd, 2014.
evidence_3: "eighty-five percent of the states in the united states that had electrocution have  now abolished it." — politifact virginia on monday, february 3rd, 2014.
evidence_4: dec 9, 2016 ... all other percentages were rounded to the nearest tenth. ... a total of 36 states  have now adopted lethal injection as the exclusive or primary ...
evidence_5: capital punishment is a legal penalty in the united states, currently used by 30  states, the ... the philippines has since abolished executions, and guatemala  has done ..... 1,313 were by lethal injection, 160 by electrocution, 11 by gas  inhalation, ... no state in the northeast has conducted an execution since  connecticut, now ...