As of 2025, South Carolina's authorized execution methods include the firing squad, lethal injection, and an electric chair.
January 01, 2025
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Overview of the execution methods legally available in South Carolina.
Prior to South Carolina's 2025 firing squad executions, only three prisoners in the United States had been executed by firing squad since 1977; all of those executions occurred in Utah, and the most recent of them was Ronnie Gardner in 2010.
January 01, 2010
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Historical frequency and geography of firing-squad executions in the U.S. since 1977.