Tag Archives: Firing Squad

The administration of President Donald Trump is moving to expand how the federal government carries out executions, adding methods such as firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation amid ongoing difficulties obtaining drugs for lethal injections. The changes were outlined Friday in a Justice Department report released by Acting Attorney General …

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson was informed Friday that the department is now able to carry out an execution by firing squad as required by law under S.C. Code 24-3-530, according to a release from the South Carolina Dept. of Corrections. The legislation became law May, 14, 2021. It …

In a 66-43 vote, South Carolina House approved a bill to allow firing squads to execute prisoners. Governor Henry McMaster says that he will approve the bill once he receives it. Democrat Representative Justin Bamberg urged his colleagues to vote against the measure. “If you push the green button at the …