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2 South Carolina executions halted until firing squad formed
By MICHELLE LIU and MEG KINNARDJune 17, 2021 GMT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the planned executions of two inmates by electrocution, saying they cannot be put to death until they truly have the choice of a firing squad option set out in the state’s newly revised capital punishment law.
The high court halted this month’s scheduled executions of Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens, writing that corrections officials need to put together a firing squad so that inmates can really choose between that or the electric chair. The state’s plans, the court wrote in an unanimous order, are on hold “due to the statutory right of inmates to elect the manner of their execution.”
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This Oct. 12, 2017, photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Freddie Owens. The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, blocked the planned executions of Owens and another inmate by electrocution, saying they cannot be put to death until they truly have the choice of a firing squad option set out in the state s newly revised capital punishment law. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP) June 16, 2021 - 5:04 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) â The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the planned executions of two inmates by electrocution, saying they cannot be put to death until they truly have the choice of a firing squad option set out in the state s newly revised capital punishment law.
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June 16, 2021 5:04 PM By MICHELLE LIU and MEG KINNARD
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FILE - This March 2019, file photo, provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state s electric chair in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law last week a bill that would essentially restart the state s stalled death penalty after a lack of lethal injection drugs has delayed several executions. The new law would let condemned inmates choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad.
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This Oct. 12, 2017, photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Freddie Owens. The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, blocked the planned executions of Owens and another inmate by electrocution, saying they cannot be put to death until they truly have the choice of a firing squad option set out in the state s newly revised capital punishment la