South Carolina Considers Death Penalty By Electric Chair or Firing Squad
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South Carolina’s supply for lethal injection drugs has expired, causing the state to reconsider the firing squad or electric chair as viable options for capital punishment.
Approved by the House, the bill is heading to South Carolina’s governor, who will determine the fate of 37 death row inmates, MSNBC reported.
This provision will make South Carolina the fourth state to allow a firing squad and one of nine in the country to have the electric chair be among its choices for executions.
The bill is all but confirmed to be official as both the Republican-controlled House and Senate would most likely agree, and Gov. Henry McMaster (R-S.C.) is waiting to sign the bill after the Senate approves.