[2] Between 2011 and 2024, no one has been executed in the state due to pharmaceutical companies not wanting to sell the drugs needed for lethal injections.
[3] In March 2022, the South Carolina Department of Corrections announced they were ready to carry out executions by firing squad.
In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even if a single juror opposed death (there is no retrial).
[10][11] On January 30, 2019, South Carolina's Senate voted 26–13 in favor of a revived proposal to bring back the electric chair and add firing squads to its execution options.
[12][13] On May 14, 2021, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill into law which brought back the electric chair as the default method of execution (in the event lethal injection was unavailable) and added the firing squad (if the offender requests it) to the list of execution options.