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South Carolina wants to bring back electric chair and firing squads - says 'painless' death not mandated
Among the 33 prisoners on death row in the Palmetto State, four inmates are arguing the electric chair and firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments.
Georgia death row inmate who wants to be executed by firing squad wins case at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court sided with a Georgia death row inmate on Thursday who wants to be executed by firing squad.
Firing squad execution for Richard Moore halted in South Carolina
South Carolina’s highest court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution.
South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad over electric chair
South Carolina death row inmate Richard Moore chose to be executed by firing squad rather than the electric chair at the end of this month, according to court documents filed...
South Carolina to put prisoner to death after reinstating firing squad
Moore was set to be killed by the state in 2020, but the execution was deferred because the correction department couldn’t obtain drugs to use for a lethal injection.
Court halts South Carolina executions over lack of firing squad
Two convicted murderers on death row in South Carolina got a new lease on life Wednesday when the state's high court ruled their upcoming executions would be illegal until firing...
Kim Jong Un orders execution of man who sold bootleg South Korean films
Kim Jong Un has once again fired up his execution squads – this time taking aim at a man selling illegal bootlegs of South Korean movies and music.
Fourth US state approves firing squads as an option for lethal executions
Death row inmates in South Carolina will now be forced to decide whether to be executed via electric chair or firing squad, according to a newly signed law.
Firing squad likely to join electric chair, lethal injection as execution options in SC
Inmates on death row in South Carolina will be able to choose between the firing squad or electric chair if the state is out of lethal injection drugs.
How China became a notorious executioner with injections and firing squads
China has been branded the world's worst executioner as the state kills thousands of people every year using firing squads, lethal injections and mobile death vans. The true numbers of...
Death row inmate wants firing squad instead of lethal injection
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A condemned inmate scheduled to die this month for the slaying of a teenage boy said officials should execute him by firing squad because his breathing problems...
The twisted way Kim Jong Un reportedly executes North Korean 'criminals'
Kim Jong Un's brutal North Korean regime shot so-called "criminals" to death in schoolyards and fish markets in a twisted attempt to create an "atmosphere of fear" throughout the dictatorship,...
Bahrain executes 3 convicted in deadly police bombing
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bahrain on Sunday carried out its first executions since an Arab Spring uprising rocked the country in 2011, putting to death three men found guilty...
Firing squads are back in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah became the only state to allow firing squads for executions when Gov. Gary Herbert signed a law approving the method for use when no lethal...
Utah poised to bring back firing squad
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah — the only state in the past 40 years to carry out a death sentence by firing squad — is poised to bring back the...
Utah lawmaker wants to bring back firing squad executions
SALT LAKE CITY — In the wake of a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma last month, a Utah lawmaker says he believes a firing squad is a more humane form...