South Carolina wants to restart executions with firing squad, electric chair, and lethal injection
Lawyers for four death row inmates who have run out of appeals are expected to argue to the South Carolina Supreme Court that the state’s old electric chair and new firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments.
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South Carolina wants to restart executions with firing squad, electric chair and lethal injection