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South Carolina is now prepared to carry out executions by firing squad, the state Department of Corrections told the state Attorney General's office on Friday.
Once approval comes from the state Supreme Court, the death sentences facing the state's 35 death-row inmates can follow.
The Capital Punishment Facility inside Broad River Correctional Institute in Columbia houses the state death chamber, which has been renovated to accommodate a firing squad.
The firing-squad chair faces a wall with a rectangular opening 15 feet away. The squad's rifles and the open portal will not be visible from the execution chamber's witness room.
Witnesses will see the right-side profile of the inmate, and the inmate will not face the witness room directly.
The inmate will be strapped into the chair, and a hood will be placed over their head. A small aim point will be placed over their heart, and after the warden reads the execution order, the firing squad will fire.
After the shots, a doctor will examine the inmate. Once the inmate is declared dead, the curtain will be drawn and witnesses escorted out.
https://eu.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2022/03/18/sc-now-firing-squad-capital-punishment-executions/9445469002/