Florida flambe

plural Florida flambes · alternative Florida flambé

1. derogatoryBurning (catching fire) during execution by electric chair.First known use the late 1990s

   This is why harris should go down in Florida Flambe.

   2005 August 19, Cha, “Ms. Harris's "felon purge"”, in democraticunderground.com

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   Medina was killed, then cooked, becoming the second inmate in seven years to suffer the Florida flambe.

   1997 April 5, Leonard Pitts, “Fiery execution shows lie of ‘humane’ death penalty”, in The Free Lance-Star, page A15

   There's a nice new death chamber in Terre Haute, Ind., just waiting for ya. No Florida flambe there. A slight boo-boo occurred not long ago when Florida fired up "Old Sparky" to execute a criminal. The guy's face mask flared up. Most grisly. A Florida district attorney glibly said the moral of the mishap was not to commit crime in Florida if you don't want the same treatment.

   1997 June 6, Elizabeth Jarnagin, “Pro-life consistency means opposing death penalty”, in Amarillo Globe-News