South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Sigmon chose firing squad over the two other state-approved methods of execution, lethal injection or the electric chair.
46% : History of execution by firing squad Over 1,600 executions have taken place in the United States since the 1970s, and the vast majority have been carried out by lethal injection, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI), a nonprofit resource for data on the practice of executions.
45% : The law allows inmates the option to instead choose firing squad or lethal injection, if available.
45% : The change was made as states around the country hit barriers finding the required drugs for lethal injection, which caused many to pause executions at the time.
43% : "States are looking for a way to carry out executions that appear to be as peaceful as possible, but it's not," Robert Dunham of the Death Penalty Policy Project told CNN.
42% : " South Carolina has 28 other inmates on death row, according to state records.
41% : "But that was the only choice he had, after the state's three executions by lethal injection inflicted prolonged and potentially torturous deaths on men he loved like brothers.
41% : " Attorneys for Sigmon say they have tried to obtain more information about the drugs used during lethal injection, but they have been blocked "at every turn." According to the state department of corrections, Sigmon's attorneys were provided a copy of the lethal injection protocols under seal.
40% : The bill comes after one attempt to execute an inmate via lethal injection failed, with officials unable to set an intravenous line.

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