2 South Carolina executions halted until firing squad formed

[Nevilledog]

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The South Carolina Supreme Court has blocked two scheduled executions by electrocution, citing a new state law requiring inmates to have the option of a firing squad. The state has not yet created a firing squad.

2 South Carolina executions halted until firing squad formed
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...
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3:25 PM · Jun 16, 2021

https://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-executions-government-and-politics-eb4c65a31c298c87063dd3445dbcd43c

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 the 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 executions were scheduled less than a month after the passage of a new law compelling the condemned to choose between electrocution or a firing squad if lethal injection drugs aren’t available. The statute is aimed at restarting executions after an involuntary 10-year pause that the state attributes to an inability to procure the drugs.

Prisons officials previously said they still can’t get hold of lethal injection drugs and have yet to put together a firing squad, leaving the 109-year-old electric chair as the only option.

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[keithbvadu2]

1. They will have plenty of volunteers.

[Deuxcents]

2. MY god

This is shameful. And disturbing in so many ways.

[chowder66]

15. +1000

[dawg day]

3. Can you imagine what sickos will volunteer for the firing squad.

There are entire states in this nation who are eager to regress to the dark ages.

[RainCaster]

4. They should round up in a circle

Give 'em all AR15s with full clips.

[marble falls]

5. This only demonstrates the frivolous way the state carries out murder in our name.

[RegularJam]

6. Firing squad or 100 year old electric chair.

Barbaric. Disgusting. Just like having execution as an option in the first place.

[Volaris]

7. The bullet (if well placed) is probably the more humane option of the 2

[jimfields33]

8. I agree. I'd take that option.

Glad they don’t just do electric chair. I’d hate that way to go.

[RegularJam]

9. I'm going to tell you that I won't even entertain the thought.

And now that we are in private I’ll tell you I’m highly confident you are correct.

This is one of only a handful of issues I can get really worked up over. Death penalty isn’t a minor no from me.

[Volaris]

10. I agree I'd rather not do it either. But if were gonna,...

We put down pets with more humanity than we do criminals, is all in sayin.

[mitch96]

11. What ever form they use the final button should be with the Gov of that state.. HE KILLED'EM

Not a dept of Corrections, not a firing squad... HIM/HER did it.. Let them live knowing that THEY killed that person, not just signed the paperwork...
Then lets see how many go to death row.... But you and I know that will never happen. "They" need to be at arms length from the actual act...
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[happybird]

12. I still don't get the lack of lethal injection drugs

A huge dose of benzos + opiates = done. Painless, foolproof, and cheap.
And it’s much more humane than the electric chair or (you have gotta be kidding me, it’s 2021, not 1821) a firing squad.

(I am not pro-death penalty, I think it should be abolished).

[USALiberal]

13. Many DUers like the death penalty! Disgusting!! Nt

[Maru Kitteh]

14. Gee, where are they supposed to get their vengeance porn

in the meantime?

The state should NEVER have the legal right to commit pre-meditated murder of its own citizens.

[RicROC]

16. Pro-Lifers with blood lust?