South Carolina Supreme Court rules three execution methods constitutional

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : The state has executed 43 inmates since the U.S. reinstated capital punishment in 1976, the Associated Press (AP) reported, with lethal injection as the most common execution method.
41% : One lives on death row in California (he was sentenced to death in both states)," Chrysti Shain, director of communications for South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) told Newsweek in an email.
39% : In a reversal of a circuit court ruling, the five-justice court held in Owens v. Stirling that electrocution, firing squad and lethal injection do not violate the state's constitution and are therefore legal.

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