A South Carolina death row inmate must choose between a firing squad, lethal injection and the electric chair to be executed on Nov. 1.
Richard Moore, 59, was convicted of murdering James Mahoney, a grocery store worker, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in September 1999.
In 2001, Moore was found guilty of murder, aggravated assault with intent to murder, armed robbery, and criminal trespass involving a firearm.
The 59-year-old now has until October 18 to decide how to end his life. If he doesn’t choose himself, he will be electrocuted.
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The South Carolina Supreme Court on Friday set a Nov. 1 date for the 1999 murder of Richard Moore, a store clerk. (Justice 360 ​​via AP)
According to a certified letter sent to Moore, prison officials said the state’s electric chair, which was built in 1912, was tested on Sept. 3 and found to be working.
South Carolina previously used a three-drug combination but will now use a single drug, the sedative pentobarbital, for lethal injections.
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The firing squad method is allowed in South Carolina, starting in 2021. Mississippi, Oklahoma, Utah and Idaho are the only other states that allow the firing squad method.
South Carolina Corrections Director Bryan Stirling said three volunteers have the training and ammunition needed if Moore chooses this route. Three volunteers were trained to shoot at a target placed in the heart from 15 feet (4.6 meters) away.
South Carolina Mortuary in Columbia, SC. (South Carolina Department of Corrections)
South Carolina has executed 44 inmates since the US death penalty was reinstated in 1976. In the early 2000s, it averaged three murders a year.
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Moore plans to ask Gov. Republican Henry McMaster to grant him clemency and commute his sentence to life in prison without parole. No South Carolina governor ever showed mercy.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.