BY CHIARA EISNER UPDATED NOVEMBER 20, 2021 6:21 PM
NEW FIRING SQUAD ORDERS SHOW WHAT AGENCY IS HIDING
South Carolina is the only state in the country whose primary — and only — method of execution is the electric chair, a device that has led to dozens of botched killings nationwide. All other states that once used the chair have switched to offering alternative methods first, like lethal injection, or have banned executions entirely. S.C. Supreme Court justices decided the situation was unacceptable in June. Until the state could ready the firing squad as an alternative to electrocution, no one could be executed, the court ordered. Since then, the Department of Corrections has been preparing the squad and the rules for how it will function. That work is still ongoing, said an agency spokesperson.
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