South Carolina asked the Supreme Court to throw out a lower court ruling after a trial in 2022 found that the electric chair and the firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments.

This photo provided by the South Carolina Dept. of Corrections shows the state’s death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left. (South ...

This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left. South ...

What we know about South Carolina's century-old electric chair. The chair was purchased on May 8, 1912, from Adams Electric Company in Newark, New Jersey, according to newspaper records.

South Carolina is one of eight states to still use the electric chair and one of four to allow a firing squad, according to the Washington-based nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.

A South Carolina judge ruled Tuesday that death by firing squad and the electric chair violate the state’s Constitution, calling them cruel and unusual punishment in an order halting the ...

Electric chair deaths have a long history in South Carolina, serving as its primary execution method for most of the 20th century. Lethal injection, considered by many to be a more humane ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates for now to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes ...

Currently, the electric chair serves as South Carolina’s secondary option if lethal injection doesn’t work. Lawmakers added the firing squad to the list of options in 2021.

The South Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments Feb. 6, 2024, over the constitutionality of the electric chair and firing squad as death penalty methods.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates for now to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes the state can ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates for now to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes ...