Those sentenced to death will also be able to choose the electric chair (ANSA)
South Carolina Republican Governor Henry McMaster announced via Twitter that he has ratified the law that will allow death row inmates to also choose shooting and electric chair as methods of execution. A pure formality, after approval by the state assembly, controlled by the Grand Old Party.
The law that also provides for the firing squad was designed to restore the death sentence, suspended for
South Carolina Republican Governor Henry McMaster announced via Twitter that he has ratified the law that will allow death row inmates to also choose shooting and electric chair as methods of execution.
A pure formality, after approval by the state assembly, controlled by the Grand Old Party.
The law that also provides for the firing squad was designed to restore the death sentence, suspended for 10 years due to the shortage of substances used for lethal injections.