The choice is difficult.

Do you choose to die in the electric chair or by firing squad?

A judge may block the executions of Brad Sigmon an Freddie Owens by either.

Circuit Court Judge Jocelyn Newman said she would decide in a few days about halting the executions as the inmates’ lawsuit goes through the courts.

Sigmon, 63, was convicted in 2002 of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat in Greenville County.

Owens, 43, was convicted in 1999 for the murder of gas station employee Irene Graves during an armed robbery in Greenville County.

Their attorneys argue that the court needs to evaluate a new state law that forces death row prisoners to choose the chair or a firing squad.

Lexington County Sen. Dick Harpootlian, a former prosecutor, championed firing squads over the electric chair as a quicker, more humane way.

The attorneys call the law unconstitutional because their clients were sentenced under an older law that allowed lethal injection.

The lawsuit was filed after Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law a bill aimed at restarting executions after 10 years.

Hannah Freedman of Justice 360 is seeking to block the law and halt the executions.

She called the choice “a more brutal, less humane, more onerous method of execution.”

The state Supreme Court set Sigmon’s execution for June 18 and Owens June 25

The governor’s attorneys argue that:

• Prison officials should carry out executions with the method available.

• Lethal injecton is potentially cruel due to evidence that some drugs inflict pain while a paralyzing agent conceals suffering.