“WELCOME TO MISSISSIPPI. WHERE THE FIRING SQUAD IS LEGAL. THINK TWICE” is the slogan of a new billboard campaign that DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton launched on Thursday.
It’s a reference to a Mississippi law that allows death row inmates to be executed by firing squad in specific cases.
The billboard can be seen on Interstate 55 as you enter DeSoto County.
According to D.A. Barton, this effort aims to convey a clear message to criminals entering Mississippi and to discourage violent crime.
As part of more comprehensive death penalty legislation, the Mississippi Legislature approved firing squad executions in 2017. Mississippi is one of the five states in the nation where firing squad executions are legally authorized.
