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The lethal injection gurney sits in front of the windows overlooking the witness area at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia. (Associated Press file)
Jan 23, 2025

Bowman chooses execution by lethal injection

The next man scheduled to be executed in South Carolina has chosen to die by lethal injection. Marion Bowman faces execution Jan. 31, the South Carolina Daily Gazette news website […]

Chairs for prisoners facing execution by electrocution, right, and firing squad sit in South Carolina’s death chamber in Columbia. (South Carolina Department of Corrections file)
Sep 4, 2024

SC justices outline execution schedule

The South Carolina Supreme Court will schedule executions at least five weeks apart, as unresolved legal questions about inmate Freddie Owens' execution method linger due to his religious beliefs.

As it set an execution for Sept. 20, the South Carolina Supreme Court also agreed to take up a request from four other death row inmates who are out of appeals to require the state to wait at least three months between executions. (Associated Press file)
Aug 28, 2024

Court to decide minimum time between executions

The South Carolina Supreme Court won’t allow another execution in the state until it determines a minimum amount of time between sending inmates to the death chamber. The state’s next […]

Feb 16, 2024

Louisiana to consider nitrogen, electrocution for executions

BATON ROGUE, La. — Louisiana’s infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last used for an execution in 1991, when the state moved […]

Feb 7, 2024

SC executions could hinge on state Supreme Court case

COLUMBIA — Lawyers for four death row inmates who have run out of appeals argued to the South Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday that the state’s old electric chair and […]

Nov 3, 2023

SC justices seek hearings on prospect of executions

COLUMBIA — South Carolina‘s highest court apparently is not ready to allow the state to resume executions after more than 12 years until its justices hear more arguments about newly […]


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