Firing Squad or Electric Chair? That’s the Choice for Death Row Inmates in South Carolina.
Vice· 4 hours agoDeath row inmates in South Carolina now have another option for their execution: the firing squad. It’s the latest move by a pro-capital punishment state looking to resume ...
South Carolina senators vote to add firing squad to execution methods
Newsweek· 12 hours agoSenators in South Carolina have voted to add firing squad as an alternative method of execution if...
SC bill reviving electric chair, firing squad clears Senate, heads to House
The State· 2 hours agoA bill that would require South Carolina death row inmates to choose between death by electrocution...
David M. Dozier: All executions are political
Augusta Free Press· 5 days agoAt his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate on Feb. 22, President Biden’s pick for attorney general continued the Democratic Party’s slow walk...
Dylann Roof massacred her family—Here's why she wants him off death row
Newsweek· 2 days agoThe Reverend Sharon Risher had never dwelled much on the death penalty. Almost six years on, their...
Opinion | Biden has to take the loss in Afghanistan — and add it to George W. Bush’s record
Washington Post· 1 day agoNearly 20 years into the U.S. effort to modernize and liberalize that notoriously difficult land,...
South Carolina Senators Want to Bring Back Firing Squads
newser· 1 hour ago(Newser) – Firing squads will make a comeback in South Carolina if a bill being considered by the state's Senate becomes law. Under current South Carolina law, condemned inmates have the choice ...
Witnessing executions: Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter Frank Green reflects on more than 30 years...
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 5 days agoGleason's smirk is my most indelible memory from the death house. Robert Meyers of Pennsylvania...
Editorial Roundup: Ohio
US News & World Report· 2 days agoOhio should follow Virginia’s lead and abolish the death penalty. If the Old Dominion State, which The Associated Press reported has executed more people in its history than any other state, ...
South Carolina push to resume executions with electric chair
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 week agoSouth Carolina is dusting off its electric chair and trying to restart executions in the state after...