South Carolina adds firing squad to list of execution methods
The Senate approved the bill on a key 32-11 vote
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sou...cution-methodsA Republican and a Democrat, both former prosecutors, proposed adding the firing squad.
The Democratic former prosecutor said it is evident in a Republican dominated state like South Carolina where the GOP gained extra seats in November that the death penalty can’t be abolished like Virginia did last month.
"The death penalty is going to stay the law here for a while. If it is going to remain, it ought to be humane," said state Sen. Dick Harpootlian, who said hanging is brutal and often leads to decapitation and in electrocution, the condemned "are burned to death."
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