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Two executions in South Carolina are BLOCKED until the state can form a firing squad so that the inmates are able to choose how they die
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - The state's Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the planned executions of Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens until they can choose how they die
- Under new capital punishment law, inmates are able to choose death by electrocution, lethal injection or firing squad
- Sigmon and Owens both chose lethal injection, but the state doesn't have the necessary drugs for that method of execution
- Corrections officers have also not yet assembled a firing squad, therefore electrocution would be the only option
- The new revigorated opponents of capital punishment, who sent the state's governor a letter urging he call of the executions
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-18 |
