I believe that Edison is indeed an expert in electricity in the time period, but I believe it was misrepresented in this case. I think Edison gave a phony testimony to prove his point that AC was much too deadly for people to use. In his case he claimed that AC would kill you instantly. He tried to scare the people away from AC with his testimony. I believe this was very unethical of Edison. He used his influence in the wrong way. He knew that people would believe his every word so he gave a biased testimony and people would believe him. When kemmler was sentenced to death, they strapped him to the electric chair and turned on the AC current. They shut it off only to find that he wasn’t dead and that he was still alive, and they had to turn it on again. This caused some kemmler some serious suffering. If Edison hadn’t given such a fake testimony just to discredit AC, this man would never have had to suffer in this way. I believe that this was very wrong of Edison to use his influence in this way.
