In the US state South Carolina If a prisoner sentenced to death has been executed again by a shooting command. The convicted 42 -year -old murderer was killed by several shots, the authorities and several official witnesses to the execution said at a subsequent press conference. It was only in mid -March that a convicted in South Carolina was killed in this way – at that time it was the first execution in the United States through a shooting squad in 15 years. Both death candidates had chosen the method as the lesser evil, as their lawyers announced.
Shots through slots
In such a execution, the death candidate is strapped to the testimony on a chair. A hood is put over his head and then his heart is marked as a goal. Three volunteers who work in the detention center stand behind privacy screen and then fire out of slots on the convict.
The executed man
In 2004, the executed had initially stolen a car in the state of Virginia, then shot a shop employee in North Carolina who wanted to see his ID when he wanted to buy a beer. After all, in South Carolina he shot and burned a police officer in whose scales he had hidden and burned, reported the newspaper “South Carolina Daily Gazette”.
Death candidates have the choice between three methods
The law in South Carolina stipulates that convicted people can choose between the electric chair, the poison syringe and the shooting squad. If you do not make a choice, according to the “South Carolina Daily Gazette”, you will come to the electric chair.
According to the non -profit organization Death Penalty Information Center, in addition to South Carolina, the states of Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah also allow executions through shooting commands. Overall are in the USA According to the organization, 13 executions have so far been planned this year, the next one on April 23 in Texas.
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