South Carolina has given the green light to firing squad executions, a method codified into state law last year after a decade-long pause in carrying out death sentences because of the state’s inability to procure lethal injection drugs.
blocked the planned executions of two inmates by electrocution, saying they cannot be put to death until they have a choice of a firing squad option set out in the state’s newly revised law.The high court halted the scheduled executions of Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens, writing that officials needed to put together a firing squad so that inmates could choose between that or the electric chair.
The executions were scheduled less than a month after the passage of the new law. Prison officials had previously said they still couldn't obtain lethal injection drugs and have yet to put together a firing squad, leaving the 109-year-old electric chair as the only option.Attorneys for the two men argued in legal filings that death by electrocution is cruel and unusual, saying the new law moves the state toward less humane execution methods.
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