South Carolina considers reintroducing electric chair and firing squad due to lethal injection drug supply issues.
South Carolina is considering reintroducing the electric chair and firing squad as execution methods due to drug supply issues for lethal injections. Pharmaceutical companies have refused to sell these drugs to states unless they remain anonymous, making it difficult for states to obtain them. South Carolina has not executed a death row inmate in 13 years, but a 2021 law made the electric chair the default method with firing squad as an alternative.
February 19, 2024
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