The ruling said that because death row prisoners can choose from three methods of execution, none could be considered a cruel or unusual punishment. By Eduardo Medina The South Carolina Supreme Court ...
A death chamber in Columbia, S.C., includes an electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP) South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi has chosen ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - The next inmate set to be put to death will be the first to die by firing squad in South Carolina. Brad Sigmon is set to be executed on March 7 for the 2001 baseball bat ...
Courtesy of the Utah State Department of Corrections The chair used for firing squad executions is shown in the execution chamber at the Utah State Correctional Facility. A judge has signed a death ...
South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi on Friday for the murder of a police officer, draping a hood over his head and firing three bullets into his heart. The choice to die by firing squad – ...
Diocese of Boise Bishop Peter F. Christensen raised concerns about a “culture of death” and threats to human dignity after Idaho made death by firing squad its primary method of execution for death ...
Austin Sarat does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Like policemen in almost every U.S. city, the police of Rio de Janeiro are convinced that their country’s legal system makes it difficult and sometimes impossible to convict criminals. Furthermore, ...
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