Lawyers for a group of death row inmates who have run out of appeals are expected to argue to the South Carolina Supreme Court that two of the state's execution methods — the electric chair ...

South Carolina officials told death row inmate Richard Moore that he can choose between a firing squad, the electric chair and lethal injection for his execution.

Four South Carolina death row inmates who have run out of appeals argued that the electric chair and firing squad execution methods are cruel and unusual punishments.

A South Carolina judge ruled that death by firing squad and the electric chair are cruel and unusual punishment and violate the state Constitution. (Kinard Lisbon/South Carolina Department of ...

Among the 33 prisoners on death row in the Palmetto State, four inmates are arguing the electric chair and firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments.

South Carolina court weighs death row inmates’ challenge to firing squad, electric chair A 2021 law that permitted the use of firing squads in capital cases ignited a South Carolina debate over ...

With South Carolina unable to acquire the drugs necessary for lethal injection, state lawmakers last year approved a law that would require death row inmates to choose between the electric chair ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for four death row inmates who have run out of appeals argued to the South Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday that the state's old electric chair and new firing ...