claim: As of 2014, the electric chair is an optional method of execution in Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Virginia.
evidence: `` The Long Rain '' is a short story by science fiction author Ray Bradbury .. short story. short story. science fiction. science fiction. Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury. This story was originally published in 1950 as `` Death-by-Rain '' in the magazine Planet Stories , and then in the collection The Illustrated Man .. Planet Stories. Planet Stories. The Illustrated Man. The Illustrated Man ( film ). The story tells of four men who have crashed on a planet where it is always raining .. As they try to reach the safety of the Sun Domes , they end up being driven insane by the endless rains .. The story was republished in several collections and was incorporated into a film also titled The Illustrated Man .. The Illustrated Man. The Illustrated Man ( film )