South Carolina’s governor and the S.C. Department of Corrections introduced Tuesday that the state can as soon as again carry out executions by lethal injection, following over a decade of being unable to procure the drugs used for capital punishment.
Gov. Henry McMaster introduced Tuesday the revival of lethal injection, saying that it offers “grieving families and loved ones the closure they are rightfully owed.”
“Justice has been delayed for too long in South Carolina,” McMaster mentioned in a press launch. “This filing brings our state one step closer to being able to once again carry out the rule of law and bring grieving families and loved ones the closure they are rightfully owed.”
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service by way of Getty Images/File)
Throughout his time period, the Republican governor labored on defending pharmaceutical firms concerned in procuring drugs for the lethal injection by calling upon the General Assembly to cross a Shield Statute.
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On May 12, McMaster signed into legislation the Shield Statute, which “protects, among other things, the identity of individuals or entities involved in the planning or execution of a death sentence.”
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster introduced Tuesday the revival of lethal injection within the state. (iStock)
Officials say that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) “made more than 1,300 contacts in search of lethal injection drugs.” McMaster introduced that the SCDC was in a position to safe pentobarbital, a euthanasia drug which causes death inside 15 to half-hour.
The launch didn’t specify the place the drug was procured.
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The information comes after the state had an unintended 12-year hiatus on executions after the lethal injection drug they use expired in 2013.
A lethal injection chamber. (AP Photo/Dave Martin/File)
South Carolina has a one-drug protocol with lethal injections, saying that its technique is “essentially identical” to protocol utilized by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and no less than six different states.
South Carolina legislation states the default technique of execution is the electrical chair, however permits inmates the choice of selecting a firing squad or lethal injection if accessible. All three strategies are actually accessible to carry out a death sentence.
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According to the SCDC, there are at present 34 death row inmates in South Carolina. McMaster didn’t specify if any of the death row inmate will select lethal injection.
McMaster’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to Fox News Digital’s request for remark.
