The Palmetto State’s Republican governor signed off on legislation to resume executions despite a lack of lethal injection drugs by forcing death row inmates to choose between electrocution and a newly developed firing squad.
South Carolina’s electric chair is seen in Columbia in 2019. (Kinard Lisbon/South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (CN) Aiming to end a decade-long pause in executions, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill Friday that requires death row inmates to choose between the electric chair and a firing squad if lethal injection is not an available option.
Those sentenced to death in South Carolina were previously given the choice between lethal injection and the electric chair located in the death chamber of the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia.
SC House passes bill to address chokeholds, no knock warrants. Some say it falls short
May 13 South Carolina police are one step closer to having minimum standards.
The state House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that mandates police agencies have basic policies and rules. However, the bill won t pass the Senate this year because it came out of the House too late in the 2021 legislative session. The proposed law also faces opposition from at least one prominent civil rights group.
The bill, H. 3050, will require police agencies to: eliminate chokeholds except in life or death situations create standards for no knock warrants
One day shy of the tenth anniversary of the state’s last execution, the
South Carolina legislature, frustrated by the state’s inability to obtain execution drugs, approved a bill that would authorize putting prisoners to death in the electric chair or by firing squad.
On May 5, 2021, the South Carolina House of Representatives voted 66-43 to approve Senate Bill 200, bringing the bill closer to final passage. The State Senate passed an earlier version of the bill on March 2 by a vote of 32-11. The bill now returns to the Senate for ratification of the House amendments before it can be sent to
She says the order discriminates against women, forcing them to choose between work and family.
Gov McMaster s office disagrees.
McMaster spokesman Brian Symmes says, Employees were given weeks to make any necessary plans for a number of contingencies including childcare, and with 94% of South Carolina s childcare facilities open for business, there should be no issue for anyone actively working to make those arrangements.
He went on to say, the Department of Administration has done an incredible job working with agency heads to bring state employees back into the office in a safe way, providing flexibility to make accommodations when necessary and giving agencies time to implement safety precautions in the workplace.
S.C. Senate passes controversial fetal heartbeat law
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Jan. 28 (UPI) Lawmakers in the South Carolina state Senate on Thursday passed a bill to ban most abortions, sending it to the Republican-controlled House were it is expected to pass but its fate is in doubt as it will likely face lengthy litigation if it becomes law.
The state s Republican governor, Henry McMaster, said he intends to sign the controversial South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat Protection from Abortion Act immediately into effect if it lands on his desk.
Advertisement We re closer than we ve ever been to passing into law the most comprehensive pro-life legislation our state has ever seen, McMaster tweeted after the bill passed the state s Senate. It s off to the House of Representatives now, where we have great leaders who I know will fight for life.