Richard Moore was found guilty of murder in SC back in 1999. There are lingering questions whether his crime was premeditated or not. During the last 23 years, SC has used lethal injections as their method of execution. Suddenly they determined that they couldn’t get the appropriate drugs to continue with the LI so they suspended all executions. Then they announced that they would be bringing back the electric chair for their executions. The courts ruled that they needed a backup plan and they still claimed that they couldn’t obtain the proper drug for the lethal injection and they were going to give the death row inmate the choice of a Firing Squad. So, the next 4 men who were scheduled to die by lethal injection now only have the choice to be electrocuted or shot. Mr Moore has chosen to go in front of a firing squad. This has had me thinking a lot about the 2 methods. I accidentally touched a bare wire once & it hurt like hell. I’ve never been shot, but it looks like a slow and painful way to die. I’m wonder what will happen when someone doesn’t die from their chosen method. Do they suffer until they can be shot or electrocuted once again or do they get to go free because they have been executed and the double jeopardy rule applies?

SC has also been known for their use of executions mainly on the black race. It’s rare that a white person in SC receives a death penalty unless their crime was heinous.

Sorry if I got side-tracked. Assuming that you were put in a position of being executed, would you choose the electric chair or firing squad? “I won’t ever be in that position” is not a valid response. In my mind, 3 shots to the heart by humans leaves too much room for a margin of error. And electrocution sounds unbearable to me. So, I’m asking you, which method would you choose when there is no other alternative?

Topics: choice, death penalty, death row, executions, firing squad