Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed legislation into law on Friday that added firing squads as an alternative method of execution for the state’s death-row inmates. The bill—dubbed House Bill 186—stipulates that the form of capital punishment will only be used if the state is unable to obtain the drugs needed to perform lethal injections. “I…
Idaho Becomes 5th State to Allow Firing Squad Option as Execution Method
State Supreme Court Halts South Carolina Death Row Inmate’s Planned Execution by Firing Squad
The South Carolina Supreme Court on April 20 issued a temporary stay preventing the state from carrying out what would have been its first-ever execution by firing squad. Richard Bernard Moore, 57, was scheduled to be executed on April 29. He would have been only the fourth prisoner in the United States to die by that method…
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses Execution by Firing Squad Over Electric Chair
A death row inmate in South Carolina has chosen to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair, which would make him the state’s first execution by firing squad, according to court documents filed on Friday. Richard Bernard Moore, 57, has his execution scheduled for April 29 after spending more than two decades on…
South Carolina Schedules First Execution Since 2011 With Choice of Firing Squad
A prison in South Carolina is set to execute its first death row inmate in 11 years, now giving inmates the option to pick death by firing squad after corrections spent $53,600 on renovations. The execution of Richard Bernard Moore, 57, was initially scheduled for November 2020, but his execution was deferred by the South…
South Carolina Gives Death Row Inmates Firing Squad Option as Execution Method
The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) said on Friday that death row inmates in the state are now able to pick execution by firing squad as a death sentence option. Officials have completed renovating the capital punishment facility at Broad River Correctional Institution in Colombia to “include the capacity to perform an execution by…
‘Squid Game’ Smuggler to Die by Firing Squad in North Korea: Report
A North Korean man has reportedly been sentenced to death by authorities after he was caught distributing copies of the Netflix series “Squid Game,” which Pyongyang says reflects South Korea’s “beastly” society. According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), the individual smuggled in copies of the Korean-language Netflix hit via USB flash drives and sold them…
South Carolina Governor Signs Law Giving Death Row Inmates Option Between Firing Squad or Electric Chair
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill into law over the weekend that would require death row inmates to choose their execution method.
South Carolina Senate Passes Bill Adding Firing Squad to Execution Methods
The South Carolina Senate on March 2 passed a bill that added a firing squad as an alternative execution method for inmates on death row. A bipartisan group of lawmakers voted in favor of the bill in a 32-11 vote. The measure, which would allow the state to restart executions after nearly a decade, states…
South Carolina Senate Votes to Add Firing Squad to Execution Methods
The South Carolina Senate voted on March 2 in favor of a measure that added firing squads as an alternative execution method for the state’s death-row inmates. A bipartisan group of lawmakers voted 32-11 to give the bill a second reading. The measure, which would allow the state to restart executions after nearly a decade, states that the…
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