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TIL. My knowledge comes from what I was told they used to do in Utah.

How far away were these people with what kind of firearms? Because I think that calling them 'shooters' may be a drastic over estimation of their capabilities.

What fucking century is it?

Well, at least the stormtroopers for the Empire have found employment.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Still preferable to lethal injection if I was the one having to choose.

WTF

This is not a civilized country

The inhumane nature of this is horrifying to me. Humans have no authority to continue to murder people like this. Talk to anyone who is asked to do this and it's horrifying for them as well

Awww thats too bad (sarcasm)

Boo-fucken-hoo Hope he suffered, but cue up all the bleeding hearts (so fitting in this story) who will probably defend him. From wiki since NPR conveniently didn't include: "multistate crime spree, committing carjacking, firearm robbery & 3 murders, for 2 of which he was tried and found guilty."

This is horrific 😳😳🤮🤮🤮🤮🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Both immoral and incompetent - I bet those two characteristics coincide quite often. As a matter of fact, I could be talking about ANY Trump cabinet member.

This guy asked to be executed by firing squad because he didn't trust the drugs being used in lethal injection, but SC managed to botch firing squad too.

I don't think a humane way to kill exists. Those are two processes with complete polar opposite endpoints. So, you know. Maybe just stop?

Cheapskates with number of shooters ... Cheapskates using worn out carnival rifles

And it brought no one back from the dead.

They did it on purpose because they are dick pieces of shit

Good info, thanks!

This is barbarism

The people who say ‘good’ in response to this are the ones you want running camps where humans are categorised, selected and killed.

The shooters want to shoot someone and where their shot goes. My understanding is a lot of firing squad shooters pull their shots, so they know which wound is theirs.

You guys still execute prisoners? It's 2025!

His crimes: "multistate crime spree, committing carjacking, firearm robbery, and 3 murders, for 2 of which he was tried and found guilty." Then there are are clowns in this thread crying that he suffered. I'm sure this murderer didn't worry about the people he killed or hurt.

Call me next time, free of charge for services rendered.

Based on old newsreel clips of war crimes, an officer is supposed to walk up to him and shoot him in the head with a pistol at that point.

You’re probably right… But lately things have gotten much worse it seems

The Southern States are evil. A f*cking firing squad?? WTF is wrong with “y’all”?

This is some Medieval Taliban shit in Afghanistan....right?

What he wanted 🤷‍♀️

Not high on my worry list.

Restorative justice centers the harm done, the needs of victims, and the humanity of those who cause harm. It doesn’t excuse—it seeks repair. A future without the death penalty is possible. One rooted not in punishment, but in transformation.

"Isn't it a bit fucked up we're executing people by firing squad again?" "Oh don't worry, it was botched and made as painful as possible."

Youre mistaken. He asked for the firing squad - thought it would be less painful than lethal injection (the lethal injection they've been using has been burning people to death from the inside out instead of killing them immediately).

Cruel. We are a cruel nation.

It is funny reporting and funny responses. Who would better know that a choice of a firing squad over other options can go wrong other than a cold blooded killer?

But I bet the governor and the goons got boners putting a broken man to death.

I assume Republicans just sit around and watch stuff like this like it's porn. They love to watch people suffer.

Many people will not care that he suffered. We have no morals anymore on the right side of the aisle. Pain and cruelty for their enemies is a desired outcome. Monsters.

Abolish the death penalty.

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Thank goodness we’re pro life

What did he do to cause such a suffering death ?

Good. Society needs to see its ugly truths. Death penalty is barbaric

Capital punishment harms the people who must carry it out. The missed because they were if two minds, or untrained. You should do a story on those who are paid by the state to kill people.

Oops! But he died and suffered like the victim he killed.

We are some type of Neanderthals.. aren’t we?

I don't agree with the death penalty at all but why the h if they are so gung ho on killing don't they give them an overdose of narcotics?

Ok boomer

That just isn't right :(

A firing squad ⁉️What wrong with these people!!!

Maybe actually 1929 or so. The Nazis literally just gained power, after all...

Firing squads - isn't it usual for the person in charge to then go to the 'deceased' after being fired at, and put a shot in the head thus ensuring death?

Holy shit we’re barbarians. And not cool ones like Conan.

This, to me, is the story: the gunmen didn’t miss wildly; they hit the target…the problem is the execution staff seemingly didn’t put the target anywhere near his heart. Unreal.

Cruel and unusual punishment.

Abolish the death penalty.

That's pretty barbaric. We need to end the death penalty.

I thought the idea was to have several people and only one bullet, so they didn't know who actually killed him.

Ahh, South Carolina: where the fucking civil war began AND the beating heart of DUMBFUCKISTAN. You'd think the one thing these shitheel crackers could do would be to shoot a fucking weapon.

Not true in this case. The SC law requires all firearms to be loaded with live rounds. It’s in the article.

The country is swimming in fentanyl that regularly kills thousands of people with seemingly small overdoses ... and right-wing states cannot figure out how to execute a man sentenced to death. Are these stupid people, or are they just fixated on the punishment part of the sentence?

Not Pro-life. Either Pro-suffering or Pro-incompetence, like Transportation Secretary Duffy's less than sterling airport work, Mike Waltz's broadcasting US attack plans which directly threatened the lives of American servicemen & of course Pete Hegseth (self explanatory).,