![]() Moore has spent more than two decades on death row after being convicted of the 1999 killing of convenience store clerk James Mahoney in Spartanburg. ![]() Richard Bernard Moore, 57, is the also first state prisoner to face the choice of execution methods after a law went into effect last year making electrocution the default and giving inmates the option to face three prison workers with rifles instead. (AP) - A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade has decided to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair later this month, according to court documents filed Friday. of Corrections via AP) AP Show More Show LessĬOLUMBIA, S.C. ![]() The agency renovated its capital punishment facility to include a metal chair with restraints facing a wall with a rectangular opening several feet away after South Carolina lawmakers added the firing squad to the state’s execution methods in 2021. of Corrections shows the state’s death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left. of Corrections via AP) AP Show More Show Less 2 of2 This photo provided by the South Carolina Dept. Court documents filed Friday, Aplisted Richard Moore’s decision. Moore, scheduled for execution later this month has chosen to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair. 1 of2 This photo provided by South Carolina Dept.
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