A South Carolina demise row inmate is being required to decide on between a firing squad, deadly injection and the electrical chair for his Nov. 1 execution.
Richard Moore, 59, was convicted of the homicide of James Mahoney, a comfort retailer employee, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in September 1999.Â
In 2001, Moore was discovered responsible of homicide, aggravated assault with the intent to kill, armed theft, and a violation involving a handgun.
The 59-year-old now has till Oct. 18 to resolve the best way to finish his life. If he doesn’t select, he will probably be electrocuted.
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In accordance with a licensed letter despatched to Moore, jail officers mentioned that the state’s electrical chair, which was in-built 1912, was examined Sept. 3, and was present in working order.
South Carolina previously used a mixture of three medication however now will use one drug, the sedative pentobarbital, for deadly injections.
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The firing squad technique has been allowed in South Carolina, since 2021. Mississippi, Oklahoma, Utah and Idaho are the one different states that permit the firing squad technique.
South Carolina Corrections Director Bryan Stirling mentioned that three volunteers have the coaching and ammunition wanted if Moore chooses this route. The three volunteers had been educated to fireplace at a goal positioned within the coronary heart from 15 toes (4.6 meters) away.
South Carolina has put 44 inmates to demise for the reason that demise penalty was restarted within the U.S. in 1976. Within the early 2000s, it was finishing up a median of three executions a 12 months.
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Moore plans to ask Republican Gov. Henry McMaster for mercy and to scale back his sentence to life with out parole. No South Carolina governor has ever granted clemency.
The Related Press contributed to this report.