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Legal Ruling: Firing Squad Execution Allowed in South Carolina
The South Carolina Supreme Court recently made a ruling that allows death row prisoners to choose from three methods of execution: death by electrocution, firing squad, or lethal injection. This decision came after a...
Indiana Aims to Resume Executions After 15-Year Hiatus with New Lethal Injection Drug
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb recently announced that the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus. The decision comes following the acquisition of a new lethal injection drug, pentobarbital, by the Indiana Department of...