A convicted triple murderer is the third person this year to face execution by firing squad in the US after a gap of around 15 years in its use as a means of carrying out the death penalty.
Stephen Bryant, 44, chose the firing squad rather than a lethal injection or the firing squad after three prison officers volunteered to pull the trigger.
He had spent 21 years behind bars after being found guilty of murdering three people over the course of several days in 2004 and yesterday (14 November) he became the third person South Carolina killed in such a manner.
According to The Independent, his final meal was a seafood stir fry and chocolate cake, and when the time of his execution came he did not give a final statement.
Instead he was shot by the three prison officers and gave ‘a final spasm’ just over a minute later, with a doctor then pronouncing him dead at 6.05pm local time.
