Firing Squad Execution Temporarily Halted By South Carolina Supreme Court

(Columbia, SC)-- Richard Bernard Moore's execution planned for April 29th is temporarily on hold. 

The South Carolina Supreme Court issued a temporary stay on Wednesday after Moore's lawyer filed a legal challenge of the constitutionality of the firing squad or electric chair as execution methods. 

The state's highest court says it will release a more detailed order later on. 

If the execution had moved forward, it would have been the first to happen by firing squad in the state.


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