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Judge rules SC’s firing squad, electrocution execution methods are unconstitutional
The State McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoA state judge has ruled South Carolina’s execution methods of electrocution and the newly installed...
Cruel, unusual or corporal? SC Supreme Court revisits using firing squad, electric chair
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe South Carolina Supreme Court returned Tuesday to hear a now almost two-year-long debate over...
Do the electric chair, firing squad violate SC Constitution? Trial underway over methods
The State McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoSouth Carolina’s execution law that now gives death row inmates the option to die by the...
South Carolina's execution by firing squad: The last reenactment of the Civil War?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn illustration of a deserter being executed by a firing squad at the Federal Camp in Alexandria...
Judge says SC electric chair, firing squad unconstitutional
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA South Carolina judge ruled Tuesday that the state's newly created execution firing squad, as well...
Electric chair, firing squad’s legality to be discussed in SC court
WSOC via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSouth Carolina’s highest court will hear arguments Thursday on whether a newly organized firing...
Questions, issues still to be resolved in years-long case against death penalty in SC
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn an effort to resume executions in South Carolina after over a decade, the state Department of...
SC justices ask why state can’t get lethal drugs as court mulls electric chair, firing squad
The State McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoS.C. Supreme Court justices questioned lawyers for the governor and the state’s corrections...
Can SC execute by firing squad, electrocution? Supreme Court sets new date to decide
The State McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoThe S.C. Supreme Court now plans to hear oral arguments on Dec. 13 on whether the firing squad and...
South Carolina Court finds firing squad, electric chair unconstitutional; state to appeal
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA South Carolina judge has found that the firing squad and electric chair are prohibited by the...