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South Carolina can now carry out firing-squad executions

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(CNN) — The South Carolina Department of Corrections said Friday […]

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  1. Newsweek

    South Carolina makes firing squad an option for death row inmate executions (opens Newsweek)

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    South Carolina is now one of a small number of states that allows death by firing squad, joining Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah.

  2. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    South Carolina can now carry out firing-squad executions (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    (CNN) — The South Carolina Department of Corrections said Friday […]

  3. Delaware Public Media

    Death row executions by firing squad can now be carried out in South Carolina (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    South Carolina's governor signed a law last year forcing death row inmates to choose the manner of their execution: either by firing squad or electric chair if lethal injection is not possible.

  4. NBC News

    South Carolina now able to carry out firing-squad executions (opens NBC News)

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    The method was codified into state law last year because of the state’s inability to procure lethal injection drugs.

  5. Slate Magazine

    South Carolina Can Now Carry Out Death Row Executions by Firing Squad (opens Slate Magazine)

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    It comes less than a year after the Republican governor signed a law that made the electric chair the primary means of execution.

  6. PJ Media

    South Carolina Adds Firing Squad as a Method of Execution (opens PJ Media)

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    Last year, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed legislation into law that added firing squad as a choice of execution method for death row inmates. The state hasn’t executed any inmates sin...

  7. KEYT Santa Barbara

    South Carolina can now carry out firing-squad executions | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Shawna Mizelle and Jamiel Lynch, CNN The South Carolina Department of Corrections said Friday that it can now carry out executions by firing squad in

  8. Axios

    South Carolina OKs firing-squad executions (opens Axios)

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    The state becomes just the fourth to allow the method for prisoners on death row.

  9. Insider

    South Carolina has finished renovating a correctional facility and says death row inmates now have the option of being executed by firing squad (opens Insider)

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    The electric chair is the state's main form of execution and will still be an available option, should an inmate so choose.

  10. Breitbart News

    South Carolina Now Set to Conduct Firing Squad Executions (opens Breitbart News)

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    The South Carolina Department of Corrections announced Friday that it is now ready to conduct death row inmate executions by firing squad.

  11. Just the News

    South Carolina will offer firing squad as execution option for condemned inmates (opens Just the News)

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    State already executes inmates by electric chair, lethal injection when possible.

  12. The Hill

    South Carolina says it's ready for firing squad executions (opens The Hill)

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    South Carolina is ready to carry out executions by firing squad, the state's Department of Corrections said Friday.

  13. Washington Times

    South Carolina can now execute inmates by firing squad (opens Washington Times)

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    The South Carolina Department of Corrections has officially approved death by firing squad as an option for condemned inmates, following the completion of renovations to the state’s death chamber.

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