Article 63C6W South Carolina Judge Rules Electric Chair and Firing Squad Executions are Unconstitutional

South Carolina Judge Rules Electric Chair and Firing Squad Executions are Unconstitutional

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Jessica Washington
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On Tuesday, a South Carolina Judge ruled that the state cannot use firing squads or the electric chair to execute death row inmates because it violates the state constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

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