The South Carolina State House agreed on Wednesday to restore the firing squad to the state’s execution procedures.
The law, which was passed by a vote of 66-43, would require death-row prisoners to choose either a firing squad or electrocution if lethal injection medications are not accessible at the time of their scheduled execution.
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The Senate passed a similar bill by a vote of 32-11 in March, which ensures the bill will most likely be sent to Republican Governor Henry McMaster, who has already stated his promise to sign it into law.
“We are one step closer to providing victims’ families and loved ones with the justice and closure they are owed by law. I will sign this legislation as soon as it gets to my desk,” McMaster tweeted after the vote.
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Via Herschel
Gun owners permitted to carry concealed weapons in the state of South Carolina are soon likely to join residents in 45 other states who can carry their hand guns openly in public — a proposal that has frustrated gun-control advocates, doctors and top law enforcement leaders but was a resounding win for many Republican lawmakers.
With three days left on the legislative calendar, the Senate voted 28-16 mostly down party lines after a more than 12-hour debate to pass H. 3094, a House-sponsored bill that would allow only concealed weapons permit holders the right to carry their hand gun in the open.
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The last execution in South Carolina was in 2011. You have to do something horrendous multiple times to get executed here.
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DeleteSome back story on the execution.
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Interesting and thanks.
DeleteFrom Herschel...would grant CC permit holders the right to open carry. Since when does the government think that we require their permission to open or conceal carry a weapon. Amendments restrict government and not people. Politicians need to be replaced that can not read, write, and understand the English of the Constitution.
ReplyDeleteYes and thanks I put this as the second piece.
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