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This photo provided by South Carolina Dept. of Corrections shows Richard Moore. Moore, an inmate set to die either by a firing squad or in the electric chair later this month is asking the state Supreme Court to halt his execution, Friday, April 8, 2022. Lawyers for 57-year-old Richard Moore say he shouldn't face execution until judges can determine if either method is cruel and unusual punishment. ( South Carolina Dept. of Corrections via AP)

Court halts South Carolina plan for firing squad execution

By Michelle Liu - Associated Press

This photo provided by South Carolina Dept. of Corrections shows Richard Moore. Moore, an inmate set to die either by a firing squad or in the electric chair later this month is asking the state Supreme Court to halt his execution, Friday, April 8, 2022. Lawyers for 57-year-old Richard Moore say he shouldn't face execution until judges can determine if either method is cruel and unusual punishment. ( South Carolina Dept. of Corrections via AP)

South Carolina inmate picks firing squad over electric chair

By Michelle Liu - Associated Press

This undated file photo provided on July 11, 2019, by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the new death row at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina prison officials say they have to delay the execution of Richard Bernard Moore, scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, because they won't be able to obtain the lethal injection drugs needed. Moore has spent nearly two decades on death row for his conviction in the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk in Spartanburg County. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File)

SC officials say they can’t obtain drugs by Friday execution

By Michelle Liu - Associated Press

This undated file photo provided on July 11, 2019, by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the new death row at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, S.C. The oldest man who was on death row in Ohio, James Frazier, died on Nov. 19, 2020, and his death is believed to have been from the coronavirus, prison officials there said. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File) **FILE**

South Carolina officials eye single drug for execution plan

By MICHELLE LIU - Associated Press

This undated file photo provided on July 11, 2019, by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the new death row at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, S.C. The oldest man who was on death row in Ohio, James Frazier, died on Nov. 19, 2020, and his death is believed to have been from the coronavirus, prison officials there said. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File) **FILE**

South Carolina schedules execution but doesn’t have drugs

By MICHELLE LIU - Associated Press