{"id":1440703,"date":"2022-04-15T15:31:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T19:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1440703"},"modified":"2022-04-15T15:31:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T19:31:28","slug":"south-carolina-inmate-chooses-death-by-firing-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-carolina-inmate-chooses-death-by-firing-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Inmate Chooses Death by Firing Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-carolina-inmate-chooses-death-by-firing-squad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1440703&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Death-Row-Inmate-Richard-Moore-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">South Carolina death row inmate Richard Moore has chosen to be executed by a firing squad when his sentence is carried out on April 29, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Moore had the option of dying via electric chair or firing squad.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>WLTX <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wltx.com\/article\/news\/local\/richard-moore-picks-firing-squad-execution\/101-94e1c76c-85e4-49ea-8a13-9d0310790112\">reports<\/a> that 57-year-old Moore was convicted in \u201cthe 1999 killing of convenience store clerk James Mahoney in Spartanburg\u201d and has been in prison two decades.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Moore\u2019s attorneys claim the execution ought to be delayed on the grounds that a firing squad and\/or the electric chair both represent \u201ccruel and unusual punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/politics-government\/article260446992.html\">published<\/a> by the<em> State<\/em>, Moore claimed the firing squad and the electric chair were both \u201cunconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina adopted the option of execution by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2022\/03\/19\/south-carolina-now-set-to-conduct-firing-squad-executions\/\">firing squad<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]hree volunteer prison workers will train their rifles on the condemned prisoner\u2019s heart\u201d when it is time for the execution to be carried out.<\/p>\n<p>If Moore\u2019s execution takes place on April 29 he will be the first person South Carolina has executed in 11 years.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>\u00a0and the writer\/curator of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:\u00a0<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina death row inmate Richard Moore has chosen to be executed by a firing squad when his sentence is carried out on April 29, 2022. 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