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After a Decade Without Executions, South Carolina’s Solution: Bring Out the Firing Squad
State lawmakers have voted to add the firing squad as an alternative to the electric chair or lethal injection, with the drugs used for capital punishment in short supply.
A photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state’s electric chair in Columbia, S.C.Credit.Kinard Lisbon/South Carolina Department of Corrections, via Associated Press
May 7, 2021Updated 9:09 a.m. ET
Frustrated by the lack of drugs available to carry out lethal injections in their state, South Carolina lawmakers are on the cusp of a controversial solution: forcing death row inmates to face the electric chair or firing squad when lethal injection is not possible.
TN senators optimistic that medical marijuana legislation could pass in near future
Marijuana legalization in Tennessee has been a hot topic of discussion for years, and lawmaker attitudes on the idea are slowly changing. Author: Jacinta Render (WBIR) Updated: 5:56 PM CDT April 27, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The push to legalize medical marijuana in Tennessee continues to face an uphill battle, but that hill is starting to flatten.
Sen. Becky Duncan Massey (R-Knoxville) sponsored a bill this session that would have decriminalized the drug for specific medical purposes, but it narrowly failed in committee Tuesday afternoon.
Sen. Richard Briggs (R-Knoxville) said there was not enough background information to determine how medical marijuana eases symptoms for specific illnesses.
Where once American history courses focused on our country’s founding principles, soon such courses started to emphasize political activism and the grievances of various subgroups in American society.
Parents may have noticed a change in the history and social studies curriculum at their children’s schools after 2018. Where once American history courses focused on our country’s founding principles, their roots, and their application, soon such courses started to emphasize political activism and the grievances of various subgroups in American society.
At the time of their adoption, the 2003 standards were fully supported by the Massachusetts Commissioner of Education (David Driscoll), State Board of Education, Governor’s Office, and key legislators. Members of the State Board of Education included at the time Charles Baker, James Peyser, and Abby Thernstrom. The standards had been approved by the Board in 2002 but were not released until 2003. At most grade levels, the sta