Obita remembers shouting at the top of his voice, saying, “kill me if you want but I have to go.” The commandant made a few ...

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The deal would spare Kohberger from the possibility of execution by firing squad — a method recently reinstated under a new ...

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Stanko’s execution is set to start at 6 p.m. at a Columbia prison ... senator and was the chief sponsor of the 2021 law allowing South Carolina to use a firing squad.

The execution began after a 3 1/2 minute final statement where ... Stanko was leaning toward dying by South Carolina’s new firing squad, like the past two inmates before him. But after autopsy results ...