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Man's firing squad execution halted by South Carolina Supreme Court

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COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina’s highest court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution.The order by the state Supreme Court puts on hold at least temporarily the planned April 29 execution of Richard Bernard Moore, who drew the death sentence for the 1999 killing of convenience store clerk James Mahoney in Spartanburg.

The last execution by firing squad in the U.S. was in 2010.The court said in issuing the temporary stay that it would release a more detailed order later.Attorneys for the 57-year-old inmate had sought a stay, citing pending litigation in another court challenging the constitutionality of South Carolina’s execution methods, which also include the electric chair.

Moore’s lawyers also wanted time to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether Moore’s sentence was proportionate to his crime.FILE IMAGE - A pedestrian wearing a protective mask passes in front of the South Carolina State House in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., on July 15, 2020.

Photographer: Micah Green/Bloomberg via Getty Images It has been more than a decade since the last firing squad execution in the U.S.

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