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South Carolina is set to bring firing squads as a form of execution methods following the shortage of drugs needed for lethal injections.
The move is part of an effort to resume capital punishment after a decade.
On Wednesday, the state House voted 66-43 on legislation allowing death row inmates to choose between being shot or electrocuted in the event of the unavailability of lethal injection drugs.
The state will become the fourth in the nation to use firing squads.
It is already one of nine that still use the electric chair for execution.
Firing squad still on table as SC House panel advances electric chair execution bill
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Virginia state lawmakers on Monday officially voted in favor of legislation that will end the death penalty in the state, making the commonwealth the 23rd state to do so.
“It is vital that our criminal justice system operates fairly and punishes people equitably,” Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn and Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw said in a joint statement Monday. “We all know the death penalty doesn’t do that. It is inequitable, ineffective, and inhumane.”
“Over Virginia’s long history, this Commonwealth has executed more people than any other state. And, like many other states, Virginia has come too close to executive an innocent person. It’s time we stop this machinery of death.”