South Carolina court halts executions until firing squad is available
A high court in the US state of South Carolina has blocked two executions until the inmates are given the choice of death by electrocution or firing squad. A new law requires inmates on death row to decide between the two methods if lethal drugs are not available. But as prison authorities have not yet formed a firing squad, the executions have been halted by the supreme court./ Inmates Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens were due to be executed this month. The convicted murderers were denied lethal injections - their favoured option - because ...
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