Needles, Rope, and Electricity

There were three guys,
a Torontonian, an American and a Newfoundlander.
They were all going to be executed.
The executioner said that since all three were to be executed that night,
that they would each get to choose the method by which they would die.

Their choices were: lethal injection, electric chair or by hanging.
The American was afraid of needles and did'nt want to be hanged.
The American chose the electric chair.
He sat in the chair and they pulled the switch and nothing happened.
The executioner said that if this happens a second time that he could go free.
They tried a second time and again nothing happened so they set him free.

The guy from Toronto was also afraid of needles and did'nt want to be hanged
so he too chose the electric chair.
Once again, the chair didn't work and he was free.

Next it was the Newfoundlanders turn to pick how he was to be executed.
He said "I'm afraid of needles, the electric chair won't work
so you're going to have to hang me".