It remains to be seen whether South Carolina's newly-formed firing squad will actually execute anyone.
between the gas or lethal drugs. Now, South Carolina is bringing back the firing squad. “It is a paradox,” says Robert Dunham, executive director of the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center. “The reemergence of more visceral and primitive methods of execution is a byproduct of the erosion of capital punishment.”
As Moore and Sigmon head towards possible executions by firing squad, the public reaction—and the response of the American legal system—could have urgent implications for the future of the U.S. death penalty.Moore, who was nine days away from death when the state Supreme Court temporarily halted his execution, has been incarcerated for more than 20 years.
South Carolina has not held an execution for eleven years. State officials say the delay is largely because they cannot not procure lethal injection drugs from pharmaceutical companies. Last year, the state legislature tried to restart executions by proposing legislation making the default method of execution the electric chair. State senator Harpootlian tells TIME he was alarmed by the proposal, having built a career as a prosecutor and knowing what those executions entail.
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