The South Carolina Legislature recently voted to allow death row prisoners to choose a firing squad over electrocution and lethal injection.
Since the first method sometimes fails to kill the condemned and the second requires drugs that are no longer available in South Carolina, some of the state’s 37 death row inmates may take this new option. This means someday soon, one of them may be strapped to a chair while marksmen open fire. Oklahoma, Mississippi and Utah already allow this form of execution.
One of the lonely Democratic dissenters in South Carolina decried the bill as “more medieval than modern,” an aberration from distant times and places. But lethal ferocity in the name of the people is very much a part of American history and, in a twisted sense, of American democracy too.
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African American history soon to be requirement to graduate from SC state colleges © WYFF The African American college documents bill would require college students to take classes on African Merican historic documents
A bill is making its way through the South Carolina Legislature to bring further focus to particular African American historic documents.
The House cleared the measure Tuesday to require students at public colleges and universities to complete the coursework before graduating and it now heads to Gov. McMaster’s desk, where it’s expected to be signed.Sign up for our Newsletters
The effort is part of a larger bill to amend other educational efforts – including a 1924 law requiring students take a year-long course on the Constitution and other founding documents. Lawmakers say it’s a law colleges and universities have not been in compliance with.
Colleton County School District to offer five day in-person instruction Following the passing of a bill in the South Carolina Legislature, Colleton County School District says they are making plans to allow students currently learning virtually to transition to in-person learning on Monday. (Source: Live 5/File) By Steven Ardary | April 22, 2021 at 2:37 PM EDT - Updated April 22 at 3:23 PM
WALTERBORO, S.C. (WCSC) - Following the passing of a bill in the South Carolina Legislature, Colleton County School District says they are making plans to allow students currently learning virtually to transition to in-person learning on Monday.
Bill S.704 states that all school districts in South Carolina must offer their students the option of attending school in-person, five days a week beginning Monday
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Health care costs are rising throughout America and lawmakers across the country are looking for ways to ease the burden on patients while offering them more health care options. To counter the rising costs of health care and expand health care freedom, South Carolina legislators recently introduced HB 4169.
A recent report from United Health Group found 13 percent of American patients live in a county with a shortage of primary care physicians. One effective approach to address the shortage of primary care physicians is direct primary agreements.
Direct primary care (DPC) offers an alternative to the current health insurance system by allowing patients to engage in membership agreements with primary care doctors that do not involve third-party payers, such as health insurance companies.
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