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Posted on 04/23/2022 3:34:35 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It’s unknown how long a stay will hold off the execution of Richard Bernard Moore — South Carolina’s first-ever inmate to be put to death by a firing squad — as his attorneys pursue legal challenges.
But the issuance of Moore’s death warrant, initially planned to be carried out April 29, has renewed interest in how a state puts in motion its plans to shoot an inmate to death.
HOW IS THE EXECUTION CARRIED OUT?
The agency spent $53,600 in state funding on renovations, including the installation of bullet-resistant glass between the death chamber and witnesses, as well as a metal chair into which the inmate will be strapped. They also cut into the brick wall of the chamber to make an aperture through which the three shooters — all volunteer employees from the Corrections Department — will thread their weapons, all loaded with live ammunition.
The aperture is 15 feet from the condemned, situated in a corner of the room, according to a memo released last month by the prisons agency. While the inmate will be visible to witnesses, officials said that the shooters and their weapons will not.
The electric chair, which officials say cannot be removed from the chamber, will be covered in its spot between the glass wall and the firing squad chair.
After an opportunity to make a final statement, the inmate will be strapped into the chair and a hood placed over his head. An execution team member will place a “small aim point” over the inmate’s heart.
After the warden reads the execution order, officials said the team will fire. The agency has not specified what caliber rifles the volunteer shooters will use, nor details of the “certain qualifications” they will be required to have met.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
Gas chamber with nitrogen is the way. Cheap, 100% effective, and lights out. They don’t even get a “suffocating” sensation. That’s why it’s so deadly on a jobsite in a confined space.
Ever seen a deer head shot, and then it thrashes around for minutes from the nerve impulses?
If you are a hobby shooter, you would notice the lack of recoil from a blank.
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No, the condemned person lies face down on the edge of a platform, with a locking brace over the neck, and a basket to catch the head underneath. I guess that other square basket is to roll the corpse into. Wouldn't want to stare down into a used basket, though. Nowadays they'd probably use a Rubbermaid tub that could be hosed out between chops.
As if people would line up to have a killer's organs. Bad juju.
No CO2, how about helium. Then at least we get the last laugh😁
I’d prefer the nitrogen gas method. Quick, painless, no guilt for the doers and minimal cleanup.
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Helium makes for much funnier last words.
> Traditionally one shooter had a blank round, but none knew which one had it. <
I’ve often wondered about that. A blank round would go boom. But wouldn’t it have considerably less kick than a live round?
I should have gone over the comments one last time before posting.
Sheesh...”pull the trigger”
What else does AP need to know?
But you know they’d be perfectly fine if he asked to start his transition to a girl. “Whoa! We have to delay the execution a few years while he ‘transitions.’”
That or just mix a load of chicom fentanyl into their last meal.
This works.
Ya gotta think about the people who are cleaning it up. Probably will be janitors or correctional staff.
Watch old westerns. “Hang by the neck until dead” and “death by hanging” are different sentences.
Bang bang.
Blanks have no recoil. Pretty sure the “only one guy has a real bullet” is an old wives tale.
I don’t care who ya are, that right there’s funny.
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