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South Carolina Supreme Court halts first scheduled execution by firing squad
The South Carolina Supreme Court stayed the state’s first execution by firing squad, originally scheduled for April 29.
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Death row inmate selects method of execution as judge moves challenge to death penalty forward
A Richland County judge kept a challenge to the state of South Carolina’s execution methods alive on Thursday, denying the state’s motion to dismiss it.
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S.C. lawmakers vote for return of electric chair and firing squads
As South Carolina’s death row has been delayed by lethal injection shortages, lawmakers have voted to make the electric chair and the firing squad the primary execution methods.
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State Law Enforcement has cancelled an Amber Alert for an infant child in Hilton Head. Authorities in Beaufort County explained that Jairus Housey abducted his ten month old daughter at gunpoint last night. Housey is the non-custodial father to the victim and is now in custody.
Thursday’s vote in the South Carolina Senate passed the early voting bill that would allow South Carolina voters to vote in-person up to two weeks before the election for any reason. The bill unanimously passed in the house too.