South Carolina Supreme Court rules state death penalty including firing squad is legal
The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled the state's death penalty is legal. All five justices agreed Wednesday with at least part of the ruling, opening the door to restart executions in a state that hasn’t put an inmate to death since 2011.
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