The four college students were slain in an off-campus house on Nov. 13, 2022.
An Ivy League School is taking on the death penalty in South Carolina.
Inside the State House, a new measure introduced in the House could put the death penalty on the table for women who get an abortion.
The NAACP says the death penalty violates the right to life which is the most basic of all human rights.
The South Carolina Supreme Court has put another execution on hold, two days after temporarily blocking plans for a rare firing squad execution.
Wednesday’s order by the state’s high court temporarily halts a scheduled April 29 execution of inmate Richard Moore.
Officials say Brad Keith Sigmon’s execution date is set for May 13.
A South Carolina prisoner scheduled for execution later this month has chosen to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair. His attorneys have asked the state Supreme Court to halt the execution while another court considers whether the state’s capital punishment methods are constitutional.
A judge has ruled that a lawsuit brought by four death row inmates challenging South Carolina’s execution methods can move forward.
Lawyers for 57-year-old Richard Moore say he shouldn’t face execution until judges can determine if either method is cruel and unusual punishment. Moore is set to die on April 29 unless a court steps in.
