More than once, some of the characters speak of the use of the gas chamber for execution, but up to this point, the means of execution in New York State had been the electric chair. beginning with William Kemmler at Auburn in 1890 - there is no record of the use of the gas chamber in New York.
At 13:0 paramedics apply a defibrillator to an unconscious woman. They apply it to her blouse despite the fact that a defibrillator only works when applied to bare skin.