south carolina death penalty

News

South Carolina, Death row and execution

South Carolina executes a man serving death sentences in 2 separate murders

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months.

Opinion

The State on MSN · 13h

12 perspectives on South Carolina’s debate over death penalty execution method

This collection of columns examines the debate in South Carolina over methods of execution for death row inmates. The articles discuss the involvement of the Newman family, with Clifton presiding over trials of inmates now on death row and Jocelyn challenging the constitutionality of certain methods.

The Mirror · 4d

Death row killer's chilling 3-minute statement as he's executed for two brutal murders

The execution of Stephen Stanko began after a 3 1/2 minute final statement where Stanko apologized to his victims and asked not to be judged by the worst day of his life

WCIV on MSN5d

Prayer vigil planned as South Carolina prepares to execute Stephen Stanko Friday

A prayer vigil for life is scheduled to take place in Columbia a few hours before South Carolina death row inmate Stephen ...

ABC Columbia5d

Anti-death penalty advocates make plea to governor as 6th inmate in 9 months faces execution

On Thursday, a federal judge denied Stanko’s attorneys’ appeal to delay his execution over concerns of the effectiveness of lethal injection used on previous inmates. Stanko is set to become the sixth ...

12don MSN

Braun says Indiana out of execution drugs, signals willingness to debate death penalty

Indiana has exhausted its supply of lethal injection drugs after carrying out two executions in the past six months — and Gov ...

6don MSN

SC executioners use twice the dose of lethal drug than previously reported

The South Carolina Department of Correction’s secret lethal injection protocols call for a second, massive dose of deadly ...

6don MSN

A look at the status of US executions in 2025

Twenty-one men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Nine other people are scheduled to be put to death in seven states during the remainder of 2025.

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results