South Carolina sets date for first execution in more than 13 years

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The justices didn't specify how much information has to be released but they have promised a swift ruling if an inmate challenged the details in the disclosure. South Carolina used to use a mix of three drugs, but now will use one drug, the sedative pentobarbital, for lethal injections in a protocol similar to executions carried out by the federal government.
39% : Owens, who killed a store clerk in Greenville in 1997, will likely have the choice to die by lethal injection, electrocution or by the newly added option of a firing squad.
37% : About 20 inmates have been taken off death row and received different prison sentences after successful appeals.

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