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State Supreme Court Halts South Carolina Death Row Inmate’s Planned Execution by Firing Squad

State Supreme Court Halts South Carolina Death Row Inmate’s Planned Execution by Firing Squad
Richard Bernard Moore. South Carolina Department of Corrections
Katabella Roberts
Katabella Roberts
4/21/2022|Updated: 4/21/2022

The South Carolina Supreme Court on April 20 issued a temporary stay preventing the state from carrying out what would have been its first-ever execution by firing squad.

Richard Bernard Moore, 57, was scheduled to be executed on April 29. He would have been only the fourth prisoner in the United States to die by that method since 1976.

Katabella Roberts
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Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.
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