Reginald Wilkinson, director of the Ohio Department...

Reginald Wilkinson, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation, said that the state should execute condemned inmates by lethal injection only and retire the electric chair because malfunctions could prove too stressful for prison staffers. Ohio law lets condemned inmates choose the method. Ohio's 105-year-old electric chair hasn't been used since 1963. Mr. Wilkinson said the chair has been rewired and is expected to operate properly, but there is less potential for problems with lethal injections.