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March 21, 2022

South Carolina Readies Firing Squads for Executions
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South Carolina prisoners sentenced to death can now be executed by
firing squad. Prison officials said Friday they're ready to carry out
such executions, after Governor Henry Mc Master signed a bill last year
which forces prisoners to choose between a firing squad or the electric
chair, if the drugs needed to perform a lethal injection are
unavailable. South Carolina joins three other states which also allow
firing squad executions: Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah.


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