South Carolina man to be executed in US by firing squad

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : They wanted more time to learn about the drug South Carolina uses in lethal injections and questioned whether his 2002 legal representation was adequate.
49% : "It thus silences the scientists, doctors, journalists, former correctional officials, lawyers, and citizens who have scrutinized the safety, efficacy, morality, and legality of South Carolina's use of lethal injection.
46% : "Sigmon has expressed concern about the effectiveness of lethal injection.
42% : It also forbids the publication of information regarding the procurement of lethal injection drugs, as a growing number of pharmaceutical companies have declined to provide them for state executions.
41% : Offered the alternatives of death by electric chair or lethal injection, Sigmon's lawyers said he chose the more violent process because of his concerns about the effectiveness of the other two methods.

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