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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeffrey Collins

South Carolina still seeking a way to hold executions

South Carolina Department of Corrections

As judges decide if the electric chair or a firing squad are legal execution methods in South Carolina, lawmakers are trying to figure out how 14 other states have managed to get the drugs for lethal injections.

The state's latest attempt to end nearly 12 years without an execution is to pass a law shielding the identities of the company that provides the drugs and any pharmacist or prison employees involved.

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