Stephen Bryant, a man convicted for the murders of three individuals in 2004, has been executed by firing squad in South Carolina. This marks the third execution by this method in the state within a year. Despite last-minute appeals from his legal team citing brain damage due to maternal alcohol use, the South Carolina court denied the request. Bryant, who notoriously left a message written in the blood of one of his victims, faced significant public backlash, resulting in protests demanding an end to the death penalty as the execution approached.