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By: BuzzC Date: April 26, 2022, 12:58 pm
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SC Gov. McMaster says he won't commute Richard Moore's death
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April 21, 2022
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Apr. 21—COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said
Wednesday that convicted killer Richard Moore should not expect
any mercy from him in the form of a reprieve.
"I have no intention to commute a sentence," McMaster told
reporters Wednesday outside of the governor's mansion, minutes
after the state's highest court issued a temporary stay of
Richard Moore's April 29 execution by firing squad.
"The jury made their decision in this particular case," McMaster
continued. "I've seen the record, and there have been many
hearings up and down, motions, and this penalty is a very strong
response to criminal activity — but it is a necessary response."
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay in
Moore's case to consider issues raised by his lawyers, including
whether the electric chair and the firing squad — two of the
state's three approved methods of execution — are
constitutional.
Lethal injection — the state's third approved execution method —
is not an option in Moore's case because the state claims it is
unable to buy the drugs used to kill. The state asserts drug
companies won't sell the toxic medications to the S.C.
Department of Corrections because, under the state's Freedom of
Information law, that information would become public and the
companies don't want the resultant bad publicity.
Despite repeated requests by the state's corrections department,
the General Assembly has not passed legislation that would
shield the identifies of those companies.
Issues raised by Moore's lawyers include questions about why the
state cannot get the chemicals for lethal injection, which they
say is a "more humane" method of execution.
The state contends electrocution and firing squad are
constitutional methods of carrying out an execution and told
Moore to choose between the two. Under protest, Moore selected
the firing squad — a choice that has attracted national
attention since the method dates from an earlier era and is
rarely used.
Lindsey Vann, an attorney with Moore's legal defense team, said
later Wednesday she welcomed the state Supreme Court's temporary
stay to allow for further review of the legal issues involved,
and looked forward to seeing the forthcoming, more detailed
order from the court.
Moore's stay came on the same day that the South Carolina
Department of Corrections said it received an execution date
from the S.C. Supreme Court for Brad Keith Sigmon, a 64-year-old
Greenville County man who was sentenced to death for the 2001
killings of his ex-girlfriend's parents.
Sigmon's execution date is set for May 13. By law, Sigmon will
be asked to choose how he would prefer to die 14 days before his
May 13 execution date, or April 29.
Sigmon is the latest state prisoner in South Carolina to be
issued an execution date after a state law took effect last year
that makes electrocution the default method of execution and
also gives inmates the option to choose whether they would
rather face three volunteers with rifles instead.
8)
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