As judges decide if the electric chair or a firing squad are legal execution methods in South Carolina, lawmakers are trying to figure out how 14 other states have managed to get the drugs for lethal injections.
A South Carolina judge rules death by firing squad is unconstitutional
Officials say Brad Keith Sigmon’s execution date is set for May 13.
Internationally known artist J. Renee has designed her version of an electric chair that was used for the execution of 14-year-old George Stinney, Jr. back in 1944 in Clarendon County. The chair is on display at the University Place Gallery in downtown Florence as part of the Jamestown Foundation’s ‘No Place Like Home’ exhibit.
Yesterday, the South Carolina Supreme Court blocked two upcoming executions, saying the inmates could not be put to death until they truly have a choice between electrocution and the newly established firing squad option. Governor Henry McMaster says he does not agree with the court’s decision.
The two South Carolina inmates scheduled to die this month want an appellate court to halt their deaths by electrocution. Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens on Monday filed a notice of appeal to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
A federal judge in South Carolina has denied a request to block the upcoming executions of two prisoners scheduled to die under the state’s recently revised capital punishment law.
A federal judge in South Carolina is considering a bid to block the upcoming electrocutions of two prisoners under the state’s recently revised capital punishment law. A state judge denied a similar request to stop the executions.
A South Carolina judge is considering whether to temporarily halt a new law effectively forcing death row prisoners to choose to die by either electric chair or firing squad.
A second inmate scheduled to die later this month under South Carolina’s recently reworked capital punishment law has requested permission to take part in another inmate’s federal request to block his electrocution. Attorneys for Freddie Owens say in court papers that combining the cases would save the courts time and money.
