Lawyers for 4 death row inmates who have run out of appeals are expected to argue that the state s electric chair and firing squad are cruel punishments
The South Carolina Supreme Court has issued a temporary stay halting the state from carrying out plans for its first-ever firing squad execution. Wednesday's order by the state’s high court temporarily halts a scheduled April 29 execution of inmate Richard Moore.
South Carolina senators have added a firing squad to the electric chair as alternatives if the state can’t execute condemned inmates via lethal injection.