South Carolina, 2 ways to die, choose one!

Per Fox, but it's on a million sources:

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COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates for now to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes the state can restart executions after an involuntary 10-year pause. South Carolina had been one of the most prolific states of its size in putting inmates to death. But a lack of lethal injection drugs brought executions to a halt.

Long story short. The normal method is lethal injection, but they don't have the drugs at the moment. Which then causes it to roll over to the other method, the electric chair, but it's up to the convict. They have 3 prisoners ready to toast, but they all picked lethal injection, the new law, apparently changes that to force them to choose either the chair or a firing squad.

I also learned that 3 other states still have the firing squad:

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The other three states that allow a firing squad are Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

I could never be the guy to pull any of the triggers. I can't imagine being on a firing squad and killing someone, while also claiming to be religious. That's some cold ****.

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