South Carolina to carry out third firing-squad execution this year

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Stephen Bryant, 44, convicted over 2004 killing, to be shot dead despite growing backlash to ‘barbaric’ method

South Carolina is due to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, marking the third time the state will use gunfire to kill a person on death row despite growing backlash to the method.

Stephen Bryant, 44, was sentenced to death for the October 2004 killing of Willard “TJ” Tietjen and pleaded guilty to two other murders. Bryant’s lawyers argued that the sentencing judge was unable to consider his brain damage from his mother’s alcohol and drug use during pregnancy, but South Carolina’s supreme court declined to halt the execution on Monday.

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Napoleon’s Brooch, Lost as He Fled Waterloo, Sells for $4.4 Million

The diamond-encrusted jewel, which the 19th-century French emperor wore on his hat, was lost along with other valuables as he retreated from his final battle.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article

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