On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:55:38 -0500, Etaoin Shrdlu
wrote:

On 3/21/2010 9:15 AM, Tegger wrote:
As in electrocuted to death...

"electrocuted to death" is a pleonasm. To electrocute is to *kill* with
electricity.

BTW, the word "electrocute" comes from "execute" which does NOT mean
"kill". It actually means "do". When a prisoner is sentenced to death,
it's the sentence that's executed not the prisoner.