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Driver in Sullivan’s Island playground hit-and-run faces new charges

Justin Collin Adams, 36 of Greenville, was charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of first-degree assault and battery, according to jail records. Now he faces an additional three counts of assault and battery in the first degree according to a newly released affidavit.

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — The man who is charged with attempting to murder multiple people in a Sullivan’s Island hit-and-run is now facing additional charges nearly a month after the initial May 1 incident. Justin Collin Adams, 36 of Greenville, was charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of first-degree assault and battery, according to jail records….

South Carolina inmate chooses to die by lethal injection amid concerns about firing squad

Stanko, who set to die June 13, had a choice among firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair. His lawyers said in previous court filings he didn’t want to suffer what he thought was cooking from thousands of volts of electricity.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina death row inmate Stephen Stanko on Friday chose to die by lethal injection after his lawyers said he was troubled by what appeared to be a lingering death of the last person in the state who was killed by a firing squad. Stanko, who set to die June 13, had a choice among firing squad, lethal…