South Carolina turns to firing squads for death-row executions after lethal injection runs out
Since the US reinstated the death penalty in 1977, three inmates have been executed by firing squad - all in Utah
9 May 2021 • 7:19pm
South Carolina is one of nine states that still use the electric chair and would become the fourth to allow a firing squad
Credit: South Carolina Department of Corrections
The state of South Carolina is set to add a firing squad to its execution methods amid a lack of lethal injection drugs.
Officials said the measure was meant to jump-start executions in a state that once had one of the busiest death chambers in America.