As of November 13, 2025, firing-squad execution is legally available in Utah, Idaho, and South Carolina and is authorized as a backup execution method if other methods are unavailable in Oklahoma and Mississippi; the electric chair also remains a legal execution option in several U.S. states including South Carolina.
November 13, 2025
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legal
Legal availability of specific execution methods across U.S. states.
As of 2025, the electric chair was used five times in the United States during the previous decade (2015â2025), and all five uses occurred in Tennessee.
November 10, 2025
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statistical
Usage frequency of electrocution as an execution method in the U.S. over a ten-year period.
South Carolina permits condemned inmates to choose their method of execution from among lethal injection, firing squad, or the electric chair.
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legal
Refers to the execution-method options available to condemned inmates under South Carolina practice or statute.