South Carolina Prosecutor Suggests Firing Squads for Executions

South Carolina Prosecutor Suggests Firing Squads for Executions
The firing squad execution chamber at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah, on June 18, 2010. Trent Nelson/AP
The Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, S.C.—A South Carolina prosecutor is suggesting that a firing squad be considered as an execution method since the state has run out of the drugs needed for lethal injections.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reports 1st Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe suggested the firing squad on April 26 after a former death row inmate became the latest killer to get a reprieve.