南卡罗来纳州最高法院维护三种执行方法的合宪性。 South Carolina Supreme Court upholds three execution methods' constitutionality.
南卡罗来纳州最高法院维持了三种处决方法的合宪性:电刑、行刑队和注射死刑。 South Carolina's Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of three execution methods: electrocution, firing squad, and lethal injection. 法院的裁决允许死囚在这两种方法中作出选择,有可能重新在州内执行死刑。 The court's decision allows death row inmates to choose between these methods, potentially reopening executions in the state. 所有五名法官都同意至少部分裁决,尽管有些法官在某些方面有不同意见,但两名法官认为行刑队是不允许的,一名法官说电椅是残酷和不寻常的惩罚。 All five justices concurred with at least part of the ruling, although some disagreed on certain aspects, with two justices arguing the firing squad was not permissible and one stating the electric chair was cruel and unusual punishment. 法院的裁决是在南卡罗来纳州十多年后作出的,因为处决毒品供应过期,没有执行死刑。 The court's ruling comes after more than a decade without executions in South Carolina, due to expired execution drug supplies.