US EditionSouth Carolina man is scheduled to be executed by firing squad
Stephen Bryant will be South Carolina's 50th execution since 1976, using firing squad amid drug shortages and after six executions in 2024, officials said.
- On Friday, Stephen Bryant, 44, is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia by firing squad, with no appeals pending.
- Shortages of lethal-injection drugs have prompted South Carolina and other states to consider the firing squad, which some lawmakers say is quicker and more humane amid botched executions.
- Strapped into a chair, Bryant will have a white square with a red bull's-eye placed over his heart, a hood placed on him, and shooters firing high-powered rifles from 15 feet without warning while a doctor declares death.
- If carried out, Bryant would be the 43rd man executed this year in the U.S. and the 50th person executed in South Carolina since the restart; he can petition the South Carolina governor for clemency.
- Since restarting executions in September 2024, South Carolina has used lethal injection and firing squads, reflecting a broader resumption; firing squads remain legal in some states alongside the electric chair.
30 Articles
30 Articles
South Carolina triple murderer set to be third man to die by firing squad in state this year
South Carolina scheduled third firing squad execution of 2025 for Stephen Bryant, 44, who killed three people over 20 years ago. The execution is set for Friday evening.
Death row inmate set to become 3rd in SC executed by firing squad
The above shows the execution chamber in the Department of Corrections' prisons complex in Columbia, S.C., as seen from the witness room. The firing squad chair (left) was added following a 2021 state law that made death by firing squad an option. The electric chair is under the cover. (Photo courtesy of the S.C. Department of Corrections)COLUMBIA — A Sumter County man who killed three during a crime spree 21 years ago is set to die by firing sq…
A 44-year-old man, convicted of three murders in the United States, will be executed by a firing squad on Friday 14 November in North Carolina. This state has been carrying out executions again since September 2024.
Associated Press News
South Carolina man is scheduled to be executed by firing squad
A man on death row in South Carolina is scheduled to be executed by firing squad. Stephen Bryant would be the second person to die by that method in the state this year.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 52% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
