The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state's suddenly busy death chamber.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as it goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn’t find lethal ...

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 have ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided not to ask the governor for clemency, saying he didn't want to spend the rest of his life ...

South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as the state goes through a backlog of prisoners who ...

The first inmate executed, Freddie Owens, requested no autopsy because of religious reasons. When South Carolina restarted executions in September, the state established new procedures as they ...

A South Carolina death row inmate was executed on Friday, marking the third time in four months the state has carried out the death penalty.

South Carolina Puts Inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to Death in State’s Third Execution Since September COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as it ...

The first inmate executed, Freddie Owens, requested no autopsy because of religious reasons. RELATED READING | "South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state's first execution in 13 years." ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state’s suddenly busy death chamber. The justices on Friday rejected a request ...