Skip to content
Skip to Content
AP National News

S. Carolina schedules 1st execution with firing squad ready

By
Published 3:30 PM

By MICHELLE LIU
Associated Press/Report for America

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state of South Carolina has scheduled its first execution after prison officials indicated they are ready to conduct executions by firing squad. Richard Bernard Moore is scheduled to die April 29 after the state Supreme Court issued an execution order Thursday. The 57-year-old Moore has spent more than two decades on death row after he was convicted of killing convenience store clerk James Mahoney in Spartanburg. Moore could face a choice between the electric chair and the firing squad. Lawmakers added the firing squad option to the state’s capital punishment law last year to work around a decade-long pause in executions attributed to a lack of lethal injection drugs. 

Article Topic Follows: AP National News

Jump to comments ↓

Associated Press

Related Articles

BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION

KION 46 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.

Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking here

If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here.