Death row inmate requests execution by firing squad instead of lethal injection

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A man on death row has filed a lawsuit in an effort to have himself executed by firing squad, rather than lethal injection. Put together, the lawsuit claims these circumstances mean lethal injection would amount to cruel and unusual punishment, which is prohibited by the constitution Instead, his lawsuit asks for him to shot dead in a firing squad instead, a method of execution which is “significantly more reliable than lethal injection”. However in 2015, amid a crisis in obtaining the drugs needed for lethal injection, the state passed another law allowing firing squad executions to resume as a back up option. A previous Georgia death row inmate who made a similar request to Nance in 2017 was denied by the courts before being killed by lethal injection.