South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah.
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South Carolina killer chooses death by firing squad
Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976, with the last execution in 2010.CBS News - 13h -
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