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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...
Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoRepublican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill allowing execution by firing squad, making Idaho the...
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...
Trump has been asking his advisers questions like 'what do you think of firing squads' when planning...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDonald Trump.Brandon Bell/Getty Images Sources tell Rolling Stone Trump has been talking about how...
Let’s be honest about death penalty in Idaho: Revenge killing despite the cost | Opinion
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe reasons justifying the death penalty continue to get thin. The argument that it’s cheaper to...
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...
An ‘Execute-Them-At-Any-Cost Mentality’: The Supreme Court’s New, Bloodthirsty Era
Politico via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFor years, the death penalty in the United States appeared to be on an irreversible decline, perhaps even headed to extinction. Death sentences have fallen by about 90 percent since their mid ...
SC death penalty cases are in court for years. More than half end up reversed.
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoProponents such as South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster pitch the death penalty as a way for victims'...
The Republican presidential primary campaign is heavy on bloodlust
NBC News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRepublican presidential hopefuls are out for blood — literally. Former President Donald Trump wants...
North Carolina GOP schools nominee previously called for executions of Biden, Obama: Report
WNCN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMichele Morrow called for the executions of Obama and Biden in 2020, CNN found, along with other...