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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

South Carolina Supreme Court temporarily halts planned execution by firing squad

South Carolina Department of Corrections.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has temporarily paused the state’s plan to begin executing death row inmates via firing squad.

Prior to the ruling, Richard B Moore, 57, convicted of killing a store clerk in 1999, would’ve been the first person executed by firing squad under the plan, on 29 April.

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