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View Comments Only a day after the state circuit court refused to put a stay on Freddie Owens and Brad Sigmon’s execution, attorneys representing the Greenville County men argued before a federal judge to block the upcoming executions. They said Wednesday that an execution by an electric chair violated their Eighth Amendment. The Eighth Amendment prohibits “excessive cruelty or unusual punishment” and the electric chair, first introduced in South Carolina in 1912, violates the men’s constitutional rights, according to the lawsuit. Joshua Kendrick, a Greenville County attorney representing Brad Sigmon, clarified that while the state lawsuit challenged South Carolina’s newly passed execution law, the federal lawsuit was focused on the constitutionality of execution by electrocution.
Police estimate car in Maple Grove fatal crash was going 80 mph (FOX 9) MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Police say a car that crashed in Maple Grove killing three people, including two toddlers, was traveling about 80 mph in a 45 mph zone. According to the Maple Grove Police Department, the speed estimate is "conservative." The vehicle appeared to have crossed the median and struck a tree, breaking into two pieces. Family mourns loss of two children and mother after fatal crash in Maple Grove A car police think was going 80 mph before it crashed contained three members of a family, including a mother, a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old over the weekend.