SC can execute death row inmates by firing squad, lethal injection or electric chair, court says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Nearly all inmates have chosen lethal injection since it became an option in 1995.
52% : Lawyers for the inmates did tell the justices in February that lethal injection appears to be legal when it follows proper protocols, with information about the drug given to the condemned in a manner that matches what other states and the federal government use.
52% : Lawyers for the inmates did tell the justices in February that lethal injection appears to be legal when it follows proper protocols, with information about the drug given to the condemned in a manner that matches what other states and the federal government use.
46% : Nearly all inmates have chosen lethal injection since it became an option in 1995."Choice cannot be considered cruel because the condemned inmate may elect to have the State employ the method he and his lawyers believe will cause him the least pain," Few wrote.
44% : The state's supplies of drugs for lethal injections expired and no pharmaceutical companies would sell more if they could be publicly identified.
44% : The state's supplies of drugs for lethal injections expired and no pharmaceutical companies would sell more if they could be publicly identified.
43% : South Carolina used to carry out an average of three executions a year and had more than 60 inmates on death row when the last execution was carried out in 2011.
43% : South Carolina used to carry out an average of three executions a year and had more than 60 inmates on death row when the last execution was carried out in 2011.
42% : The state said in its argument before the state Supreme Court in February that lethal injection, electrocution and firing squad all fit existing death penalty protocols.
42% : The state said in its argument before the state Supreme Court in February that lethal injection, electrocution and firing squad all fit existing death penalty protocols.
41% : South Carolina can execute death row inmates by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair, the state's high court ruled Wednesday, opening the door to restart executions after more than a decade.
41% : Since then, successful appeals and natural deaths have lowered the number to 32.Prosecutors have sent only three new prisoners to death row in the past 13 years.
41% : South Carolina can execute death row inmates by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair, the state's high court ruled Wednesday, opening the door to restart executions after more than a decade.
41% : Since then, successful appeals and natural deaths have lowered the number to 32.Prosecutors have sent only three new prisoners to death row in the past 13 years.

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