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South Carolina lawmakers pass bill to allow execution by firing squad

JURIST

The South Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that would enable convicted individuals to elect for execution by firing squad, rather than electrocution or lethal injection. A similar bill passed the South Carolina Senate in March by a 32-11 vote.

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South Carolina to carry out first firing squad execution in 15 years

JURIST

South Carolina is set to carry out the first execution by firing squad in 15 years. South Carolina law allows death row inmates to choose the method from three statutory options by which capital punishment is to be performed. The death penalty is legal in the US federally and in 27 states.

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ACLU claims South Carolina prison policy banning interviews violates First Amendment

JURIST

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of South Carolina filed a lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) on Thursday, claiming the department’s ban on news media interviews for incarcerated people violates the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

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South Carolina governor signs bill allowing concealed weapons permit holders to carry guns openly

JURIST

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill Monday allowing those with concealed weapons permits to carry their firearms openly in public. In a statement, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said , “the Open Carry with Training Act does not change the law on who can carry a firearm.

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South Carolina Senate approves bill expanding death penalty methods

JURIST

The South Carolina Senate voted 32-11 in favor of expanding permissible ways of executing death row inmates. South Carolina is one of nine states that still has an electric chair and would become just the fifth state to approve of firing squads.

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US appeals court dismisses lawsuit accusing Meta of radicalizing Charleston church shooter

JURIST

present during the shooting in which her father was killed by Roof, concluded that Facebook contributed to Roof’s murder of nine African American worshipers in the June 2015 church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina. The court disagreed with M.P. ” The court concluded that Section 230 bars M.P.’s

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South Carolina Dilemma: How to Organize Firing Squad

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Prison officials in the South Carolina Department of Corrections previously said they couldn’t get access to lethal injection drugs, and have yet to put together a group of individuals willing to be a firing squad, leaving the 109-year-old electric chair as the only option to carry out capital punishment sentences, the Associated Press reports. .

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