claim: In states still using the electric chair to execute people, the prisoner is allowed the choice of an alternative method.
evidence: Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe -LRB- born 29 March 1939 -RRB- is a French politician .. French. France. politician. politician. Vanlerenberghe was born in Bully-les-Mines , Pas-de-Calais .. Bully-les-Mines. Bully-les-Mines. Pas-de-Calais. Pas-de-Calais. He served as mayor of Arras from June 1995 to February 2011 , and was elected UDF senator from the Pas-de-Calais at the elections of 2001 .. Pas-de-Calais. Pas-de-Calais. mayor. Mayor ( France ). Arras. Arras. UDF. Union pour la democratie francaise. senator. Senate of France. A centrist , Vanlerenberghe joined the MoDem of Francois Bayrou in 2007 , and now sits with a sizeable MoDem contingent at the Palais du Luxembourg .. MoDem. Mouvement democrate. Francois Bayrou. Francois Bayrou. Palais du Luxembourg. Palais du Luxembourg. Vanlerenberghe is an engineer by training , having studied at the Institut Catholique d'Arts et Metiers in Lille and holding a degree from the Centre des Hautes Etudes de la Construction .. Institut Catholique d'Arts et Metiers. Institut Catholique d'Arts et Metiers. Lille. Lille. Centre des Hautes Etudes de la Construction. Centre des Hautes Etudes de la Construction. He worked in Arras for the Public Works Commission , also holding jobs from 1964 to 1974 at Rhone-Poulenc-textile and the Centre d'Etudes Superieurs Industrielles .. Arras. Arras. Centre d'Etudes Superieurs Industrielles. Centre d'Etudes Superieurs Industrielles. From 1981 to 1986 , he led the Federation Nationale du Credit Mutuel Agricole et Rural in Paris ; from 1990 to 1993 , he directed the Conseil en Developpement d'Entreprises et Ressources Humaines .. Federation Nationale du Credit Mutuel Agricole et Rural. Federation Nationale du Credit Mutuel Agricole et Rural. Conseil en Developpement d'Entreprises et Ressources Humaines. Conseil en Developpement d'Entreprises et Ressources Humaines. Having won reelection as mayor in 2008 with broad cross-party support , he left his post in February 2011 in favor of his successor , fellow Mouvement democrate politician Frederic Leturque .. politician. politician. mayor. Mayor ( France ). Frederic Leturque. Frederic Leturque