I know some of you don't believe in prayer, but I pray every night for an end to the death penalty IN ALL NATIONS. I also pray for peace and comfort for those who are facing it, and for the souls of those recently executed. The death penalty is not only barbaric but exveedingly vengeful.

That said, my father always said that if he were condemned to death, of all available methods, he would prefer the firing squad. He said that if it were done even halfway properly, it was the quickest and most certain method.

Barbaric and cruel. Revenge killing at its worst...

No wonder they keep re-electing Lindsey Graham.

Support of the death penalty displays a diseased soul.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Corey_Bryant

Between October 5 and October 13, 2004, in Sumter County, South Carolina, 23-year-old Stephen Corey Bryant perpetrated a series of shootings that led to the deaths of three people and a fourth person wounded.

On October 5, 2004, Bryant conducted a burglary, on October 8 he conducted another on a separate house, and in that second house, Bryant stole a .40 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun. Later on October 8, Bryant shot a man in the back who was fishing near a local river, but the man, 56-year-old Clinton Brown, survived his injuries. Brown was reportedly able to drive himself to a hospital to seek treatment.

On October 9, 2004, Bryant went out with his friend and colleague, 36-year-old Clifton Gainey, to buy beer. According to sources, Bryant shared a close friendship with Gainey, and they often went out for fishing trips together and spent time with each other's families. On that day, Bryant used the gun to shoot Gainey in the head, killing him, and left his body behind on a rural road. After the shooting, Bryant headed to Gainey's rented trailer and stole electronics and an aquarium, also setting fire to the trailer. At the time of his death, Gainey was survived by his two sons, mother and brother.

On October 11, 2004, Bryant entered the home of 62-year-old Willard Tietjen, who was shot nine times by Bryant. After Tietjen died from the shooting, Bryant stole a ring by taking it off the finger of Tietjen, and also used a cigarette to burn the victim's face and eyes. Bryant additionally burglarized the house, stealing valuables and power tools. While Bryant was ransacking the house, Tietjen's wife and daughter called the victim, and Bryant picked up the phone to inform them separately that Tietjen was dead. Before he fled the house, Bryant used the victim's blood to write a message, "Victem 4 in 2 weeks. Catch me if u can".[6][10] At the time of his death, Tietjen, a retired U.S. Air Force sergeant, left behind his wife, daughter, brother, sister and five grandchildren.[9] Tietjen's body was found on the same day he was killed.

On October 13, 2004, two days after murdering Tietjen, 35-year-old Christopher Burgess encountered Bryant outside a local convenience store. After the pair left the store, Bryant shot Burgess twice, once in the head and another in the chest. Less than two hours after the murder, a hunter discovered Burgess's corpse lying on a road bed in a rural area.