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U.S. | 'I comfort death row inmates in their final moments - the execution room is like a house of horrors'

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Reverend Jeff Hood, 40, wants to help condemned inmates 'feel human again' and vows to continue his efforts to befriend murderers in spite of death threats against his family A reverend who has made it his mission to comfort death row inmates in their final days has revealed the '"moral torture" his endeavor entails. Reverend Dr. Jeff Hood, 40, lives with his wife and five children in Little Rock, Arkansas. But away from his normal home life, he can suddenly find himself holding the shoulder of a murderer inside an execution chamber, moments away from the end of their life. 

South Carolina obtains lethal injection drugs to carry out death penalty again after decade-long hiatus

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'Justice has been delayed for too long,' governor says

South Carolina's governor and the S.C. Department of Corrections announced Tuesday that the state can once again carry out executions by lethal injection, following over a decade of being unable to procure the drugs used for capital punishment. 

Gov. Henry McMaster announced Tuesday the revival of lethal injection, saying that it gives "grieving families and loved ones the closure they are rightfully owed."

"Justice has been delayed for too long in South Carolina," McMaster said in a press release. "This filing brings our state one step closer to being able to once again carry out the rule of law and bring grieving families and loved ones the closure they are rightfully owed."

Throughout his term, the Republican governor worked on protecting pharmaceutical companies involved in procuring drugs for the lethal injection by calling upon the General Assembly to pass a Shield Statute. 

On May 12, McMaster signed into law the Shield Statute, which "protects, among other things, the identity of individuals or entities involved in the planning or execution of a death sentence."

Officials say that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) "made more than 1,300 contacts in search of lethal injection drugs." McMaster announced that the SCDC was able to secure pentobarbital, a euthanasia drug which causes death within 15 to 30 minutes. 

The release did not specify where the drug was procured.

The news comes after the state had an unintended 12-year hiatus on executions after the lethal injection drug they use expired in 2013.

South Carolina has a one-drug protocol with lethal injections, saying that its method is "essentially identical" to protocol used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and at least six other states.

South Carolina law states the default method of execution is the electric chair, but allows inmates the option of choosing a firing squad or lethal injection if available. All three methods are now available to carry out a death sentence.

According to the SCDC, there are currently 34 death row inmates in South Carolina. McMaster did not specify if any of the death row inmate will choose lethal injection.

McMaster's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Source: foxnews.com, Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, September 19, 2023


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