Electrocution is the Only Way Regardless of how barbaric it may be, the electric chair should remain the source of execution used by the state of Florida. It has served as a valid execution tool for the last seventy-five years and there is no reason why it should not continue to do so. In the editorial, “New ‘Old Sparky’ isn’t Acceptable,” Earl Maucker suggests that electrocution should be replaced with lethal injection. He talks about how lethal injection is more technologically modernized and more humane for that matter. Secondly, it is stated that five out of seven Florida Supreme Court justices have urged lawmakers to consider an alternative method to execution