South Carolina Man Scheduled for Execution by Firing Squad

A South Carolina man, Stephen Bryant, is set to be executed by firing squad on Friday, marking the state’s third such execution this year. Convicted of killing three individuals in 2004, Bryant has no pending appeals but can request clemency, a decision historically denied by governors since 1976. The execution, following a long pause in South Carolina’s death penalty due to drug shortages, involves three prison employees using live ammunition. As Bryant prepares for his execution, he will be the 50th person executed in the state since the death penalty’s resumption.

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