South Carolina Considers Death Penalty By Electric Chair or Firing Squad
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South Carolina’s supply for lethal injection drugs has expired, causing the state to reconsider the firing squad or electric chair as viable options for capital punishment.
Approved by the House, the bill is heading to South Carolina’s governor, who will determine the fate of 37 death row inmates, MSNBC reported.
This provision will make South Carolina the fourth state to allow a firing squad and one of nine in the country to have the electric chair be among its choices for executions.
The bill is all but confirmed to be official as both the Republican-controlled House and Senate would most likely agree, and Gov. Henry McMaster (R-S.C.) is waiting to sign the bill after the Senate approves.
South Carolina turns to firing squads for death-row executions after lethal injection runs out
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South Carolina is one of nine states that still use the electric chair and would become the fourth to allow a firing squad
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The state of South Carolina is set to add a firing squad to its execution methods amid a lack of lethal injection drugs.
Officials said the measure was meant to jump-start executions in a state that once had one of the busiest death chambers in America.
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South Carolina lawmakers have passed a bill to allow inmates on death row to be executed by firing squad in the absence of lethal injection drugs.
When signed into law, it will make South Carolina the fourth state in the country to offer the option as a method of capital punishment.
Opponents criticised the new measure as medieval but its supporters say it is about bringing closure to victims.
The southern state has not held an execution since 2011.
The legislation passed by the South Carolina House of Representatives aims to restart executions by bypassing the difficulties states face in procuring the drugs for a lethal injection cocktail.