claim: In states still using the electric chair to execute people, the prisoner is allowed the choice of lethal dribbling as an alternative method.
evidence: Sahabzada Yaqub Ali Khan Urdu  : -LRB- صاحبزادہ یعقوب خان ; December 23 , 1920 -- January 26 , 2016 -RRB- , was a Pakistani statesman , diplomat , military figure , pacifist , linguist , and a retired three-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army .. Pakistan. Pakistan. Sahabzada. Sahibzada. Urdu. Urdu. statesman. Politician. diplomat. Pakistani diplomatic missions. pacifist. Pacifism. linguist. Linguistics. three-star. Three-star general. army general. Pakistani army. Pakistan Army. Pakistan Army. Born into an Indian nobility , he was educated at the Indian Military College at Dehradun and served well in the World War II as an officer in the 18 Cavalry Regiment of the British Indian Army .. nobility. Sahib#Sahibzada. Indian Military College. Rashtriya Indian Military College. Dehradun. Dehradun. World War II. World War II. officer. Officer ( armed forces ). British Indian Army. British Indian Army. After the partition of India in 1947 , he opted for Pakistan and joined Pakistan Army where he participated in war against India in 1965 .. India. India. Pakistan. Pakistan. Pakistan Army. Pakistan Army. partition. Partition of India. opted. Pakistani citizenship. war. Indo-Pakistani war of 1965. He was the Chief of General Staff of East Pakistani military and eventually appointed its commander in 1967 .. Chief of General Staff. Chief of General Staff ( Pakistan ). East Pakistani military. Pakistan Eastern Command. commander. Chief of staff. He was appointed as Governor of East-Pakistan in 1969 and 1971 but recalled to Pakistan after submitting resignation amid civil unrest .. Governor. List of current Pakistani governors. East-Pakistan. East Pakistan. Pakistan. Pakistan. In 1973 , he joined the Foreign Service and was appointed as Pakistan Ambassador to the United States and later ascended as Foreign Minister , serving under President Zia-ul-Haq in 1982 .. Zia-ul-Haq. Zia-ul-Haq. Pakistan Ambassador to the United States. Pakistan Ambassador to the United States. Pakistan. Pakistan. Foreign Service. Foreign Service of Pakistan. Pakistan Ambassador. Pakistan Ambassador to the United States. United States. United States. Foreign Minister. Foreign Minister of Pakistan. President. President of Pakistan. His stint as Foreign Minister played a major role in Soviet intervention in Afghanistan -LRB- 1979 -- 89 -RRB- and took part in negotiations to end the proxies in Nicaragua -LRB- 1981 -- 87 -RRB- on the behalf of the United Nations .. Foreign Minister. Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Soviet intervention. Soviet war in Afghanistan. Afghanistan. Afghanistan. proxies. Contras. Nicaragua. Nicaragua. United Nations. United Nations. In the 1990s , he served as an official of the United Nations for Western Sahara until reappointed as Foreign Minister under Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto .. Benazir Bhutto. Benazir Bhutto. Foreign Minister. Foreign Minister of Pakistan. United Nations. United Nations. Western Sahara. Western Sahara. Prime Minister. Prime Minister of Pakistan. After retiring from diplomatic services in 1997 , he spent his remaining years in Islamabad and died in Islamabad in 2016 .. Islamabad. Islamabad