It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West. In modern times, some consider it a more humane alternative to lethal injection.
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)--A line of strong storms is moving through the Midlands Wednesday morning. Stay with ABC Columbia and abccolumbia.com for updates. 8:57am - A special weather statement has been issued for Lugoff SC, Camden SC and Cheraw SC until…
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) will conduct a temporary night time lane closure on the new bridge over the Saluda River (Exit 108 B-A) on Wednesday, March 5.
"It is happening in SC already. We may not hear about it quite the same as we sometimes see on the news in bigger cities but it's here," says Krista Hinson, Executive Director for the SC Retail Association.
When a South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriendโs parents with a baseball bat steps into the death row chamber Friday night, it wonโt beย lethal injection or electrocutionย that ends his life.