Albert Fish arrived at Sing Sing in March 1935, and was executed on January 16, 1936, in the electric chair at Sing Sing. He entered the chamber at 11:06 p.m. and was pronounced dead three minutes later. He was buried in the Sing Sing Prison Cemetery. He was recorded to have said that electrocution would be "the supreme thrill of my life". Just before the switch was flipped, he stated "I don't even know why I am here." According to one witness present, it took two jolts before Fish died, creating the legend that the apparatus was short-circuited by the needles Fish previously inserted into his body.

Execution by electrocution frequently takes multiple jolts. It was usually built into the protocols to administer a jolt, check for life, then repeat the process multiple times until no life was found.

One of the reasons I was curious about this was the fact that when done properly, the second or any consecutive jolts would be meaningless. The Jolt is like a shot to the brain. The effect is almost identical to a bullet to the T-Box.

Where did he put the needles?

The needle were mainly inserted into his groin and rectum. Over a dozen of them were found.

If you have to do it 2 or 3 times, it has to be cruel and unusual punishment. I can’t imagine a worst death then that.

Personally, I have yet to be convinced of a guaranteed "easy" and "clean" method of execution.

The electric chair frequently works on the first try, but electrocutions have been botched, sometimes with horrific results. One case had a misinstalled portable chair result in the condemned lying on the floor screaming for some time until they could remount the chair.

Nooses can take off the head, or result in slow strangulation.

Firing squads have been known to miss the heart, causing slower, painful death. Hence the "coup de grace" head shot, which even a very, very few have survived.

Gas chambers are subject to debate because it's possible the person suffers suffocation, or acid build up in the lungs long enough to feel pain.

Lethal injection is also debated by some. Many murderers were intravenous drug users, and starting an IV is difficult and painful for them. There is a procedure called "cut down"; I'll leave you to google it. Let's just say that it's not pleasant. Even the drugs used may be problematic, and there are some authorities who claim that the person may be conscious when their lungs are paralyzed, so a painful suffocation results.

The guillotine seems to be the best choice, as it supposedly results in instant blood pressure loss and therefore unconsciousness. Again, there were some experiments (poorly documented) that may indicate some awareness survives beheading (personally, I doubt it).

Perhaps the best way would be oral drug overdose as done for some euthanasia patients in Europe. Massive amounts of opiates would appear to be relatively painless, but I seem to recall some accounts of seizures resulting. The state also has a problem with forcing people to ingest them, apparently. Force feeding someone poison would not be kind, either.

I've also heard that nitrogen poisoning is painless and quick. Just fill the chamber with nitrogen, and that's it.

NOTE: Some argue that whatever pain the condemned suffers they deserve, as it is frequently less than their victim. That is entirely beside the point, especially in the case of the wrongly convicted. If you claim to be carrying out an execution in a humane manner, then it is up to you to prove that.

Just talking about methods of execution, a single round to the kill box. (The area of the face identified as a 'T'. The eyes, sinus' and nasal region form the "kill" box) If the person manages to survive, they will be a vegetable. Then what does it matter.

Personal opinion is that no matter the method the condemned deserve worse. As long as there is DNA evidence, confession or more than two witnesses...