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A South Carolina inmate on death row has chosen the firing squad over the electric chair for his method of execution scheduled later this month.
A South Carolina prisoner scheduled for execution later this month has chosen to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair. Court documents filed Friday listed Richard Moore's decision. Moore's April 29 execution would make him the first person executed in the state since 2011. His attorneys have asked the state Supreme Court to halt the execution while another court considers whether the state's capital punishment methods are constitutional. A state law that went into effect last year set electrocution as the default method and added a firing squad option. Correctio...
An inmate in South Carolina has chosen to die by firing squad over the electric chair, becoming the first on the state's death row to be given the option to
A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade has decided to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair later this month, according to court documents filed Friday.
A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade elects to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair.