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 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..

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 executed Marion Bowman Jr. by lethal injection on Friday in the first execution in the United States this year. Bowman, who was pronounced dead at 6:27 p.m., was on Death Row for ...

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.