SC Supreme Court rules death penalty methods firing squad, electrocution statutes are constitutional

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : The decision, published July 31, comes several years after the state legislature introduced the two methods as an alternative to lethal injection, which was discontinued after the state Department of Corrections was no longer able to procure the lethal drugs necessary to carry out those sentences.
43% : As of July 30, there were 32 inmates on death row, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
35% : COLUMBIA -- A conservative majority on the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that allowing death row inmates the choice of the electric chair or firing squad to carry out their sentences does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

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