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 from ...

Lawyers for a South Carolina death row inmate are heading to federal court to argue that the state is not properly carrying ...

A federal judge Wednesday refused to stop the execution of a South Carolina inmate scheduled to die in two days, saying the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme ... a lingering death. The justices unanimously ruled that attorneys for Stephen Stanko did not prove the previous execution was botched even ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — When a South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat steps into the death row chamber Friday night, it won’t be lethal injection or ...

This collection of stories examines how individuals, legal teams and institutions address the process and implications of choosing among three execution methods in South Carolina. A man with two ...

In particular, the group is asking justices, prosecutors and lawmakers to stop the execution of 79-year-old Richard Gerald Jordan. "Stand down, Mississippi," read the sign carried by the Rev. Dr ...