US state lawmakers approve firing squad

By Jeffrey Collins
Updated May 6 2021 - 9:04am, first published 8:58am
South Carolina Democrat Justin Bamberg has railed against a bill aimed at jump-starting executions.
South Carolina Democrat Justin Bamberg has railed against a bill aimed at jump-starting executions.

The South Carolina House has voted to add a firing squad to the state's execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs - a measure meant to jump-start executions in a state that once had one of the busiest death chambers in the nation.

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