The former South Carolina Hampton County lawyer was convicted last March of killing his wife and son in June 2021 at Moselle, the family’s Colleton County estate.
SC House passes bill bringing back electric chair, introducing firing squad Emily Bohatch, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
May 6 COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina House members voted Wednesday to bring back the electric chair and introduce the firing squad as methods of execution.
After a lengthy debate one that included a clash between Republican abortion opponents who debated whether killing a death row inmate was the same as ending a pregnancy lawmakers voted 66-43 to give the bill second reading. The bill, which the House tweaked, now must go back to the Senate to see if the chamber agrees.
If the Senate agrees, the bill will go to the governor, who has vowed to sign it into law.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A panel of South Carolina lawmakers in the House advanced Senate Bill 1, which would stop most abortions after a heartbeat can be detected via ultrasound.