A man from the south caroline convicted of murdering parents his ex-girlfriend will be shot on Friday in the first such execution in the United States in 15 years.
Brad Sigmon (67) will be executed in Columbia Prison, the capital of South Carolina, for the murders of David and Gladys Larke in 2001. years, which were beaten with a baseball bat.
Sigmon, who admitted the murders and guilt at trial, had a choice between deadly injection, shooting or electric chair as a way of execution.
Gerald “Bo” King, one of his lawyers, said Sigmon chose the shooting line after it was placed in a “impossible” position, forced to bring “the cruel” decision on how he would die.
– Unless he chose a deadly injection or shooting line, he would die in an ancient electric chair south caroline, which would burn him and cooked alive – King said.
– The alternative, however, is equally monstrous. If he chose a deadly injection, he risked an extended dying that suffered all three men that the South Carolina had executed since September – he said.
The last execution before American shooting water was in Utah 2010. years. The arrest platoon also made two other executions in that west state – in 1996. and 1977. Years.
The vast majority of executions in the United States was performed by a deadly injection since the Supreme Court re-introduced the death penalty in 1976. years.
Alabama has recently been carried out by four executions using nitrogen, which UN experts sentenced as cruel and inhumane. The execution is performed by pumping nitrogen into the face mask, which leads to a suffocation of prisoners.
Another three American states – Idaho, Mississippi and Oklahoma – Joishantic and Utaho joined the approval of the use of shooting lines, AFP reports.
(Vijesti.ba)
