The inmate chose to be executed by firing squad over the two other methods in South Carolina — the electric chair and lethal ...
South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in ...
During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads ... girlfriend’s parents in 2001 was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, in the first such execution in the United States in 15 ...
New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.