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The Independent UK
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Jeffrey Collins

South Carolina Supreme Court rules state death penalty including firing squad is legal

South Carolina Department of Corrections

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The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state's death penalty, which now includes a firing squad as well as lethal injection and the electric chair, is legal.

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