South Carolina inmate picks firing squad over electric chair

A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade has decided to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair later this month, according to court documents filed Friday.

Firing-squad executions get the green light in South Carolina

South Carolina has given the green light to firing-squad executions, a method codified into state law last year after a decade-long pause in carrying out death sentences because of the state’s inability to procure lethal injection drugs.

Dylann Roof denied death sentence appeal in 2015 SC church shootings

Dylann Roof has lost the next phase of his appeal, with a federal court turning down his request for a new hearing to challenge his death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation.

South Carolina senators add firing squad as alternative execution method

South Carolina senators added a firing squad to the electric chair as alternatives if the state can't execute inmates by way of lethal injection. The state can't put anyone to death now because its supply of lethal injection drugs expired and it has not been able to buy any more.