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Mikal Mahdi has chosen death by firing squad for his execution, which is set for April 11. (South Carolina Department of Corrections file)
Mar 31, 2025

Second inmate chooses death by firing squad

COLUMBIA — A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by that method. Mikal […]

Mikal Mahdi
Mar 20, 2025

Condemned SC inmate faults his defense

COLUMBIA — Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to be put to death next month want to stop his execution, saying his defense‘s plea for his life at his […]

Unless South Carolina’s governor or the courts intervene, Brad Sigmon will be executed today by firing squad for the baseball bat slayings of his former girlfriend’s parents. (South Carolina Department of Corrections file)
Mar 7, 2025

SC inmate set to die by firing squad

COLUMBIA — When the clock strikes 6 p.m. today, Brad Sigmon will walk into the death chamber, be strapped into a chair and have a target placed over his heart. […]

Brad Sigmon has been scheduled to die March 7 for the 2001 slayings of his former girlfriend’s parents at their Greenville County home. (South Carolina Department of Corrections file)
Feb 18, 2025

Condemned prisoner seeks autopsy from last execution

COLUMBIA — A condemned man who is the next person scheduled to be put to death in South Carolina is again asking for his execution date be postponed because his […]

Marion Bowman Jr. is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Jan. 31 for the 2001 murder of a friend. (South Carolina Department of Corrections file)
Jan 24, 2025

Condemned inmate’s lawyers challenge lethal injection execution

COLUMBIA — South Carolina‘s latest execution should be halted so that lawyers for the condemned inmate can get more information about the drug used for lethal injection after the last […]

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 […]

The South Carolina Supreme Court could set Marion Bowman Jr.’s execution date as soon as Jan. 3. (SC Department of Corrections file)
Dec 19, 2024

SC death row inmate makes final appeal

COLUMBIA — A man convicted of murder who is expected to be the next inmate scheduled for execution in South Carolina is making a final appeal to the state Supreme […]

A row of witness chairs overlooks South Carolina’s death chamber at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia. (South Carolina Department of Corrections file)
Nov 13, 2024

Condemned inmates’ attorneys seek holiday execution pause

COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Supreme Court has not set a date for the state’s next execution after attorneys for four inmates out of appeals asked the court to postpone […]

With his execution scheduled for 6 p.m. today, supporters of death row inmate Richard Moore have asked Gov. Henry McMaster to grant him clemency in a petition presented Wednesday. (Associated Press file)
Nov 1, 2024

Clemency petition seeks mercy for condemned inmate

COLUMBIA — Death row inmate Richard Moore has more than 20 people asking the governor to spare his life in a clemency petition filed Wednesday, just two days before he […]

Attorneys for Richard Moore, above, have argued that Gov. Henry McMaster’s previous involvement in the condemned man’s case should disqualify McMaster from being the person to decide whether Moore should be granted clemency. (Associated Press file)
Oct 16, 2024

Judge skeptical about barring McMaster from Moore clemency decision

COLUMBIA — A federal judge appears unlikely to grant the request of a South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed in just over three weeks to take away the power […]

Attorneys for Richard Moore, above, argue that Gov. Henry McMaster cannot fairly consider the condemned man’s request for clemency because McMaster, who earlier served as state attorney general, oversaw attorneys who fought to sustain Moore’s death sentence. (Associated Press file)
Oct 14, 2024

Moore wants McMaster removed from clemency process

COLUMBIA — Richard Moore’s attorneys have asked a federal judge to take away the power of granting clemency from the governor who is a former state attorney general and place […]

With his execution set for Nov. 1, condemned man Richard Moore, above, was told Tuesday that he must choose between lethal injections, the electric chair or a firing squad as the means on his death. (South Carolina Department of Corrections file)
Oct 10, 2024

Moore told to choose execution method

COLUMBIA — South Carolina prison officials told death row inmate Richard Moore on Tuesday that he can choose between a firing squad, the electric chair and lethal injection for his […]


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