Assertion: supreme court's opinion | /r/CapableOf | spark worldwide debate
Facets:
value: over the use of old sparky
type: OTHER
value: in 1999
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In 1999, a dissenting opinion by Justice Leander J. Shaw Jr. sparked a worldwide debate over the use of Old Sparky, Florida's electric chair, which helped lead to events that caused the Florida Legislature to adopt lethal injection as the state's method of execution only a few months later.