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S. Carolina schedules 1st execution with firing squad ready

The state of South Carolina has scheduled its first execution after prison officials indicated they are ready to conduct executions by firing squad

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

'Our system is broken.' SC Supreme Court justice assails death sentence in Upstate case

COLUMBIA, S.C. — An associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a rare and blunt dissent Wednesday in an Upstate death penalty case about a 1999 convenience store robbery that four of the five justices agreed to uphold.

Tribune News Service · Apr 7, 2022