By Michael W. Chapman | May 13, 2021 | 3:51pm EDT
Point of the Mountain, Utah: Photo of a group of newsmen looking at, and taking photos of the chair in which Gary Gilmore sat when facing the firing squad here 1/17/77. Draped over that back of the chair is the corduroy material hood which Gilmore wore during the execution. Upper right on the chair back are the bullet holes. The chair is surrounded with sandbags. | Location: Draper, Utah, USA.
(CNS News) Legislation passed by the South Carolina House and Senate that would reinstate the use of a firing squad as a means of capital punishment is headed to the governor s desk, who has indicated he will sign the bill into law.
S.C. Passes Bill to Reinstate Firing Squads for Death Penalty Prisoners By Michael W. Chapman | May 13, 2021 | 3:51pm EDT
Point of the Mountain, Utah: Photo of a group of newsmen looking at, and taking photos of the chair in which Gary Gilmore sat when facing the firing squad here 1/17/77. Draped over that back of the chair is the corduroy material hood which Gilmore wore during the execution. Upper right on the chair back are the bullet holes. The chair is surrounded with sandbags. | Location: Draper, Utah, USA.
(CNS News) Legislation passed by the South Carolina House and Senate that would reinstate the use of a firing squad as a means of capital punishment is headed to the governor s desk, who has indicated he will sign the bill into law.
SC politics briefing Zak Koeske, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
May 7 Welcome to your weekly South Carolina politics briefing, a newsletter curated by The State s politics and government team.
As legislative session winds down one week until sine die South Carolina is primed to expand state gun laws.
After a more than 12-hour debate, the Republican-controlled Senate Thursday voted mostly down party lines to pass a House-sponsored bill that would give concealed weapons permit holders the right to carry hand guns in the open.
The bill, which Senate Democrats criticized as a blatant ploy to assuage a minority of Republican voters, now returns to the House, which is likely to reject the Senate s changes, triggering a six-member joint panel to hammer out the differences.
Senators voted 25-21 against the so-called constitutional carry amendment after several hours of debate on Wednesday. Author: Jeffrey Collins Associated Press Published: 7:59 PM EDT May 5, 2021 Updated: 11:22 PM EDT May 5, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina senators debating a bill that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry their guns have rejected an attempt to get rid of the requirement for the permits.
Senators voted 25-21 against the so-called constitutional carry amendment after several hours of debate on Wednesday. It would have allow anyone who can legally own a gun to carry it anywhere the weapons are legally allowed.