On July 29, in a hearing on the use of the electric...

On July 29, in a hearing on the use of the electric chair in Orlando, a pathologist, Dr. Robert Kirschner, testified Davis was still alive after he was first shocked. He also said Davis was suffocating before the execution because of the mask placed over his head. This prompted renewed concerns about Florida's electric chair. New court challenges have prevented any further executions from being carried out in Florida. Attorney General Bob Butterworth and Florida lawmakers urged the state to switch to lethal injection, saying questions about the electric chair's performance have clogged the courts with death-row appeals. But House Speaker John Thrasher said he opposed changing the method of execution to lethal injection, and urged the Florida Supreme Court to uphold the use of the electric chair.