Firing squads in Florida? Corrections bill opens door to execution alternatives
If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...
A South Carolina Man Executed by Firing Squad Is the First US Prisoner Killed This Way in 15 Years
A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method ...
The Mirror28d
Chilling last words of death row inmate first to be executed by firing squad in 15 years
Three armed prison employees stood 15 feet (4.6 metres) from where he sat in the state's death chamber, with an unused electric chair visible nearby, and all fired at the same time through ...
New York Post8d
South Carolina cop killer chooses execution by firing squad
“Mikal chose the firing squad instead of being burned and mutilated in the electric chair ... Mahdi will be strapped to a chair 15 feet (4.6 meters) from three prison employees who volunteered ...
South Carolina sets date for 5th execution in under 7 months
A South Carolina inmate is set to become the fifth person to be put to death since the state resumed executions in September after a 13-year pause.
A second South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution by firing squad
South Carolina death row inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first ...
Tallahassee Democrat4d
Firing squads in Florida? Corrections bill opens door to execution alternatives
The Florida Legislature passed a law replacing that method with an electric chair, which was built by prison inmates. The first person electrocuted by the state was Frank Johnson in 1924 ...