South Carolina has put 45 inmates to death since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976. In the early 2000s, it was carrying out an average of three executions a year.

South Carolina has put 45 inmates to death since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976. In the early 2000s, it was carrying out an average of three executions a year.

South Carolina plans to execute Marion Bowman Jr. on Friday for the Feb. 16, 2001, shooting death of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, who was killed five days before her son's second birthday.

South Carolina inmate chooses lethal injection over electric chair or firing squad Marion Bowman Jr., 44, is the third inmate set to die since the state was able to restart executions after a 13 ...

South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Executive Director Hillary Taylor speaks against the execution of Marion Bowman Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Columbia, S.C.. (AP Photo ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal court on Thursday ruled that this year’s congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under a map that it had already deemed unconstitutional and ...

South Carolina has put 45 inmates to death since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976. In the early 2000s, it was carrying out an average of three executions a year.