Brian Bates February 16, 2017 Crime, Inmates, Oklahoma Criminal Defense, death penalty, Oklahoma Oklahoma House approves bill unplugging the electric chair from future death sentences Brian Bates February 16, 2017 Crime, Inmates, Oklahoma Criminal Defense, death penalty, Oklahoma The Oklahoma House recently approved legislation that eliminates the electric chair as an acceptable method of execution for individuals sentenced to death. Oklahoma hasn't utilized death by electrocution in more than 50-years (1966).