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South Carolina is set to execute a man by firing squad, a method unused in the US for nearly 15 years. The article reviews ...

Since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging.