south carolina firing squad

South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses a Firing Squad Over the Electric Chair for April 29 Execution

By Michelle Liu, AP A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade has decided to die by firing squad rather than in the electric…

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South Carolina Corrections Department Brings Back Firing Squads For Executions

If you kill someone in South Carolina, they now stand ready to kill you back. With difficulties in obtaining the drugs needed for lethal injections, the Palmetto State once again has accommodations for firing squad…