South Carolina will now allow firing-squad executions
, joining Mississippi, Utah and Oklahoma. Only three people have been executed by firing squad since 1976, according to NPR.The legislation, which became law on May 14, 2021, makes the electric chair the state’s primary means of execution while giving inmates the option of choosing death by firing squad or lethal injection if those methods are available," the
The capitol punishment facility at the Broad River Correctional Institution has been renovated to include the capacity "to perform an execution by firing squad," per the release.The department spent about $53,600 on supplies and materials to make these changes, comply with the law and add safety precautions, per the release.
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