SC Gov. McMaster signs execution bill into law, electric chair ready for use Emily Bohatch, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
May 17 COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill into law Friday officially bringing back the electric chair and introducing the firing squad to perform executions of death row inmates. The families and loved ones of victims are owed closure and justice by law, McMaster tweeted Monday. Now, we can provide it.
McMaster signed the bill into law two days after the Senate voted to agree on small changes the House made to the legislation.
Conservative lawmakers pushed the execution legislation forward this year in response to a years-long nationwide reluctance on the part of drug companies to sell their products to states looking to use them in executions. As a result, South Carolina has not been able to obtain the drugs to administer a lethal injection in years.
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S. Carolinians scattering 3 mil seeds to staunch flooding
MICHELLE LIU, Associated Press/Report for America
April 22, 2021
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1of3From left, South Carolina Floodwater Commission Chairman Tom Mullikin, Gov. Henry McMaster, First Lady Peggy McMaster and Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette plant loblolly pine seeds on the grounds of the Governor s Mansion in Columbia, S.C., Thursday, April 22, 2021. Officials gathered to commemorate the planting of more than three million tree seeds across the state on Earth Day this year.Michelle Liu/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3South Carolina Floodwater Commission Chairman Tom Mullikin talks to reporters on the grounds of the Governor s Mansion in Columbia, S.C., on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Officials gathered to commemorate the planting of more than three million tree seeds across the state on Earth Day this year.Michelle Liu/APShow MoreShow Less
Brand is also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, the post said.
ABC15 requested a background check on Brand from the State Law Enforcement Division. According to the background check information, his criminal history is lengthy:
In 2008, Brand was convicted on two misdemeanor petty larceny charges out of the city of Marion. He was sentenced to 15 days in jail, but that was suspended if he paid a fine and restitution.
In 2009, Brand sentenced under the youthful offenders act on a non-violent second degree burglary charge. The sentence was not to exceed six years in prison.
‘Just disrespectful’: COVID-19 pandemic is making South Carolina roads trashier Associated Press
South Carolina’s roads are getting trashier because of COVID-19.
“It’s just disrespectful to the environment, you know?” driver Nick Smelko told Channel 9. “Take your trash and just keep it in your car and find a trash can at a rest stop or something.”
The pandemic is keeping inmate crews and volunteers from gathering to clean up highways, anti-litter group Palmetto Pride told The Post and Courier of Charleston.
The problem is compounded by more people are going to drive-thrus for food and then tossing disposable containers out their vehicles, South Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Christy Hall said.