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Brian Slupski

Death Row Inmate Facing Firing Squad Claims Riflemen For Last Execution of Missing On Purpose to 'Cause Great Pain'

Stephen Stanko

Did a South Carolina firing squad deliberately try to miss a man's heart during an execution last month to prolong his death?

That's what attorneys for Stephen Stanko, the next prisoner slated to die, contend. Stanko originally selected firing squad for his execution method, but then switched to lethal injection following the firing squad execution of Mikal Mahdi last month, the Associated Press reported.

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