Current justice, former House Speaker among those vying for SC Supreme Court seat

A seat is up for grabs on South Carolina’s highest court, which has made critical decisions in recent years on abortion, the ...

Stephen Bryant execution eyewitness account

A man with a stethoscope and blue latex gloves entered the room, and for a minute he bent over Bryant, putting the stethoscope to different parts of his chest. At 6:05 a prison official declared that ...

Oklahoma death row inmate receives rare commutation, followed by executions in Florida and South Carolina

Tremane Wood received a last-minute commutation of his death sentence in Oklahoma, Bryan Jennings died by lethal injection in ...

Commentary: SC needs better mental health support, death penalty alternatives

Rev. Hillary Taylor advocates for better mental health support in South Carolina amid a high rate of executions and for ...

Next SC governor may be asked to stop an execution. How would hopefuls decide?

Besides Stephen Bryant, who is scheduled to be executed Friday, 23 people are on South Carolina’s execution list.
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SC court rejects death row appeal days before execution

No South Carolina governor has ever granted clemency in the modern era of the death penalty. Bryant will be the third ...