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Constitutionality of Death Penalty by Firing Squad, Electric Chair To Be Weighed by South Carolina High Court Next Week

Court arguments come amid renewed debate over capital punishment following Alabama’s first-ever execution by nitrogen gas.

Kinard Lisbon/South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, file
The Palmetto State's electric chair at Columbia. Kinard Lisbon/South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, file
MAGGIE LITTLE
MAGGIE LITTLE

Is death for inmates by a firing squad or electric chair a form of “cruel and unusual punishment”? 

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MAGGIE LITTLE
MAGGIE LITTLE

Mrs. Little is from Pittsburgh and a graduate of Hillsdale College. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Federalist, and The Daily Signal.

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