The South Carolina Senate voted on March 2 in favor of a measure that added firing squads as an alternative execution method for the state’s death-row inmates. A bipartisan group of lawmakers voted 32-11 to give the bill a second reading. The measure, which would allow the state to restart executions after nearly a decade, states that the firing squad method may be used only if the state can’t execute condemned inmates by way of lethal injection. Currently, South Carolina isn’t able to place inmates on death row as its supply of lethal injection drugs has expired, and it hasn’t been able to purchase more due to a shortage nationwide. The state’s last execution was in May 2011. At present, condemned inmates are able to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection, and since the drugs aren’t available, many have chosen the lethal injection method as the state is then unable to …