South Carolina Inmate Picks Firing Squad Over Electric Chair

The transcript discusses the execution options available to Richard Morris, highlighting the choice between the electric chair and firing squad due to the unavailability of lethal injection drugs since 2013. The state of South Carolina authorized firing squads in response to execution delays. This marks the first execution in South Carolina since 2011 and the first use of a firing squad in the US since 2010.

When was the last execution in South Carolina before the upcoming one?

• 2010

• 2011

• 2012

• 2013

In which year was the last firing squad execution in the country prior to this event?

• 2008

• 2009

• 2010

• 2011