A bill is on its way to the governor to allow firing squads as an option to carry out executions. House Bill 638 still has lethal injection, which is now used, as the first option, but if the state’s lethal…
The Mississippi Senate has voted to add gas chamber and electrocution as execution options in case courts block the state from obtaining lethal injection drugs. Lethal injection is Mississippi’s only execution method. The state faces lawsuits claiming drugs it plans…