Though Kemmler confessed to the crime and said publicly that he was prepared to die, Westinghouse secretly financed an all-out legal effort to win a stay of execution, challenging the constitutionality of electrocution.
Though Kemmler had confessed to the crime and had said publicly he was prepared to die, Westinghouse secretly financed an all-out legal effort to win a stay of execution, challenging the constitutionality of electrocution.