144 inmates are on death row. The method of execution are Lethal Injection or Hanging . The method of execution is Lethal Injection . Sylvester Adams was the first person in South Carolina to be given a choice between the electric chair and lethal injection. All others prior were executed by electrocution.
Inmates still have the choice.
It was the first execution since more than 50 years. Prisoners can choose between Hanging and Lethal Injection . Louisiana Louisiana has executed 22 persons since 1976. Thomas Lee WARD on 16th May 1995. The methods of execution are Lethal Injection or Electrocution .