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South Carolina votes to add FIRING SQUAD as method of execution as well as lethal injection & electric chair
Updated: May 6 2021, 4:52 ET
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THE SOUTH Carolina House has voted to add a firing squad as a method of execution for death row inmates, along with the lethal injection and the electric chair.
The bill that was approved by a 66-43 vote on Wednesday comes amid a shortage of lethal injection drugs.
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Inmates will be required to choose to be shot or electrocuted if there are no lethal injection drugsCredit: AP
Under the bill, lethal injection will remain the primary execution method but condemned inmates will be required to choose to be shot or electrocuted if lethal injection drugs are not available.
The bill, approved by a 66-43 vote, will require condemned inmates to choose either being shot or electrocuted if lethal injection drugs aren't available.
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South Carolina House adds firing squad to state’s execution methods
Corrections officials said 3 of South Carolina s 37 death row inmates are out of appeals, however lawsuits against the new death penalty rules are also likely.
By JEFFREY COLLINSAssociated Press
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This is South Carolina s electric chair. The South Carolina House voted Wednesday to add a firing squad to the state s execution methods. Kinard Lisbon/South Carolina Department of Corrections via Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. The South Carolina House voted Wednesday to add a firing squad to the state’s execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs a measure meant to jump-start executions in a state that once had one of the busiest death chambers in the nation.