South Carolina lawmakers voted to allow firing squads as an execution option when carrying out death penalty sentences. The state’s Republican governor, Henry McMaster, said he will sign the legislation into law.
On Wednesday, the state’s House approved the bill requiring inmates sentenced to the death penalty to choose between firing squad or electrocution. In a 66-43 vote, only one Democrat voted in favor of the legislation and just seven Republicans voted against it.
Presently, South Carolina is unable to execute death row inmates due to the nationwide lack of lethal injection drugs.
On Wednesday, the state’s House approved the bill requiring inmates sentenced to the death penalty to choose between firing squad or electrocution. In a 66-43 vote, only one Democrat voted in favor of the legislation and just seven Republicans voted against it.
Presently, South Carolina is unable to execute death row inmates due to the nationwide lack of lethal injection drugs.
- 5/6/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
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