Execution by Firing Squad - Friday in South Carolina.

[Aloha Hoosier]

A man who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend's parents in 2001 (24 years!) chose to be executed by firing squad over lethal injection or electric chair. This will be the first execution by firing squad in 15 years. The article also contains a concise history of the use of firing squads for executions:

The US is killing someone by firing squad for the first time in 15 years. Here's a look at the history

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West.

apnews.com

 

[Lucy01]

A man who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend's parents in 2001 (24 years!) chose to be executed by firing squad over lethal injection or electric chair. This will be the first execution by firing squad in 15 years. The article also contains a concise history of the use of firing squads for executions:

The US is killing someone by firing squad for the first time in 15 years. Here's a look at the history

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West.

apnews.com

Sounds like a good start!

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

In a dissent about the use of lethal investigations, Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor seemed to favor the firing squad method when she wrote, “in addition to being near instant, death by shooting may also be comparatively painless.”

 

[mattndallas]

Do you get to choose your gun?

 

[UncleMark]

In a dissent about the use of lethal investigations, Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor seemed to favor the firing squad method when she wrote, “in addition to being near instant, death by shooting may also be comparatively painless.”

It should be public.

 

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In a dissent about the use of lethal investigations, Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor seemed to favor the firing squad method when she wrote, “in addition to being near instant, death by shooting may also be comparatively painless.”

Both she and the guy choosing the firing squad are sadly mistaken when it comes to the painlessness of a gunshot wound but here's hoping no one enlightens them before the sentence is carried out...

 

[Baller23Boogie]

Why does it take 24 years?

 

[iuwclurker]

Why does he get to choose? Did he give his victims a choice?

I prefer tar and feathering.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Why does he get to choose? Did he give his victims a choice?

I prefer tar and feathering.

That appears to be standard in states that have more than one method.