March 19, 2022 6:00 a.m
The measure was proposed to overcome difficulties in finding the poison mixture required for lethal injections
Completed the works of the “Death Chamber”
Previously, those convicted who could choose between the injection and the electric chair had opted for the former, effectively avoiding their execution. South Carolina’s prison authorities have announced that the renovation of Columbia’s “death chamber” has been completed and Attorney General Alan Wilson has officially given the go-ahead for execution as a method of carrying out death sentences.
Senator dem: “The most humane method there is” According to CBS, the room contains a metal chair for the prisoner who selects the firing squad to sit on. About four meters from the position there is a wall with a rectangular opening through which three gunmen will shoot the condemned man. Supporters of the shock measure include Democratic Senator Dick Harpootlian, a former prosecutor turned criminal defense attorney, who said shooting “is the least painful and humane method there is.”
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