Barring any late developments, the U.S. is set to see its first execution by firing squad in 15 years on March 7, 2025. Photos released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections suggest that the ...

South Carolina can execute death row inmates by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair, the state's high court ruled Wednesday, opening the door to restart executions after more than a ...

The ruling said that because death row prisoners can choose from three methods of execution, none could be considered a cruel or unusual punishment. By Eduardo Medina The South Carolina Supreme Court ...

A death chamber in Columbia, S.C., includes an electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP) South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi has chosen ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - The next inmate set to be put to death will be the first to die by firing squad in South Carolina. Brad Sigmon is set to be executed on March 7 for the 2001 baseball bat ...

South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi on Friday for the murder of a police officer, draping a hood over his head and firing three bullets into his heart. The choice to die by firing squad – ...

Courtesy of the Utah State Department of Corrections The chair used for firing squad executions is shown in the execution chamber at the Utah State Correctional Facility. A judge has signed a death ...

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