South Carolina inmate seeks ruling on legality of firing squad and electric chair

Richard Bernard Moore is set to die on 29 April in state that has been unable to obtain lethal injections drugs for years

A man who is set to die either by a firing squad or in the electric chair later this month is asking the South Carolina state supreme court to halt his execution until judges can determine if either method represents cruel and unusual punishment.

Richard Bernard Moore is set to die 29 April unless a court steps in. He has until next Friday to choose between South Carolina's electric chair, which has been used twice in the past 30 years, or being shot by three volunteers who are prison workers in rules the state finalized last month.