Posted on 05/06/2021 8:41:46 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Death by firing squad is poised to become an execution method in South Carolina as the state faces a lack of lethal-injection drugs.
The state House passed a bill Wednesday, 66-43, approving the use of firing squads, two months after the state Senate approved the measure, 32-11.
Condemned inmates will be able to choose between electrocution or firing squad if lethal injection drugs are unavailable.
South Carolina can’t put anyone to death now because its supply of lethal-injection drugs expired and it has not been able to buy any more. Currently, inmates can choose between the electric chair and lethal injection. Since the drugs are not available, they choose injection.
The bill retains lethal injection as the primary method of execution if the state has the drugs, but requires prison officials to use the electric chair or firing squad if it doesn't. (ABC News)
Republican Gov. Henry McMaster indicated he will sign the bill when it reaches his desk.
The last time South Carolina executed a death row inmate was 10 years ago this week.
“Those families of victims to these capital crimes are unable to get any closure because we are caught in this limbo stage where every potential appeal has been exhausted and the legally imposed sentences cannot be carried out," said Republican Rep. Weston Newton.
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I don’t know about that.
Ammunition is even harder to get.
How about rope?
They can’t build a good gallows because the price of lumber is also through the roof.
How about rope, a horse and a big tree?
The choice of execution method should be decided by the victims family, not the slime ball.
How ‘bout the Guillotine? A lot quieter!
Dropping 20 plus ton flat rocks on them would do the trick. Sop up anything that oozes out from under the boulder and then carve their name etc into their very, very large headstone.
Death by Fire Ant
This is senseless. How about a massive does of freaking morphine? Or Fentanyl? Or a nitrous oxide mask? There are literally hundreds of drugs that a massive OD of would work.
How about a mobile “Old Sparky?” Would only need one. Not 50.
So, what do you think they use? .30-06? 7.62?
Drawing and quartering was popular during the days of our founding fathers..............
50 cal.......................
It is puzzling to me why a painless drug-induced death is so hard to find. As someone else asked, how are the assisted suicides done? Maybe the special drugs are allowed in those cases.
What about putting them to sleep (for quickness) and finishing the job with carbon monoxide?
Saudi Arabia still uses stoning. One person throws the first stone and the government pulls up a dump truck and pours the load on top of the condemned. A little painful but fast.
RE: It is puzzling to me why a painless drug-induced death is so hard to find.
And their solution is so inane — FIRING SQUAD?
Bullets are easier to manufacture than lethal drugs?
Why do they have a choice? What ever is cheapest for the taxpayer is the way to go.
Firing squad seems excessive in this day and age. Just one shot from a 22 caliber revolver to the head should be the cheapest and effective method
Because some Leftist hired a lawyer who told a judge the executee grimaced when they stuck the needle in.
“Pain and unusual punishment.” They’ll rule it is unconstitutional.
Just give them a COVID vaccine shot and let nature take its course.
Would you have them select that last meal, too?
WEll, if the horse is big and black, and the tree is cherry, then:
No, no, no, no-no-no-no-no, no, no,
You're not the one for me...
On another note, how about a genteel push out a 40th storey window?
Or maybe a banana peel next to the Grand Canyon?
Or how about a 10-hour dialogue with the Cadaver-in-chief? Or the Fauchihuahua? Deadlier than a land mine.
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