His execution was initially scheduled for Feb. 12, 2021, but was stayed due to South Carolina’s inability to obtain lethal injection drugs. Subsequent execution dates, including May 13 ...

A South Carolina firing squad tried ... will last only ten to fifteen seconds,” the justices wrote. “Unless there is a massive botch of the execution in which each member of the firing squad ...

An inmate put to death last month in South ... squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for up to a minute after the bullets missed their target and failed to quickly stop his ...

Two South Carolina legislators are seeking an investigation into the state’s firing squad execution last month ...

We don’t know what went wrong, but nothing about his execution was humane. The implications are horrifying for anyone facing the same choice as Mikal. South Carolina’s refusal to acknowledge ...

It was driven home when South Carolina released the results ... s leading scholar about methods of execution, raised eyebrows when she called the justice’s 2015 assessment of the firing squad ...

and the names of the drug supplier and execution team members, to remain secret. Three South Carolina inmates have died by lethal injection over the past eight months, while two have chosen the ...

Stanko must choose his method of execution (lethal injection, firing squad, or electric chair) by May 30. Stanko claimed insanity but was found guilty in 2009. The South Carolina Supreme Court has ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two South Carolina legislators have requested an investigation into the state's firing squad execution last ... of South Carolina's justice system and public confidence ...