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 is preparing to execute a third inmate since September following a 13-year pause, due to the state not finding lethal injection drugs. Marion Bowman Jr.'s execution is scheduled for ...

Marion Bowman Jr., 44, who was convicted for the murder of his longtime friend Kandee Martin, was executed tonight in the state of South Carolina just after 6 p.m. on Friday, January 31, 2025.

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. Nine states ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — Death row inmate Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old Dorchester County native, is scheduled to be executed Friday night, marking 2025's first execution in South Carolina ...

South Carolina has executed their first death row prisoner this year, Marion Bowman Jr., who has been in prison since 2002 after being found guilty of killing a friend - though Bowman maintained ...

Ron Kaz protests prior to the scheduled execution of Marion Bowman Jr. outside of a South Carolina Department of Corrections facility, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco) ...