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South Carolina court rejects final death row appeal focused on brain damage from mother’s drinking

Nov 12, 2025 10:41 AM EST

Associated Press,

South Carolina’s highest court has refused to stop the execution of a man who killed three people over five days more than 20 years ago while leaving taunting messages for police in the blood of one of his victims.

Lawyers for Stephen Bryant make final appeal over brain damage to stop South Carolina execution

Nov 7, 2025 10:56 AM EST

Associated Press,

Lawyers for a man on South Carolina’s death row are trying to stop his execution later this month by arguing the judge who sentenced him to die never got to consider how badly his brain was damaged from his mother’s alcohol and drug use while pregnant.

South Carolina man chooses execution by firing squad despite concerns over last death by bullets

Nov 3, 2025 10:28 AM EST

Associated Press,

A man on death row in South Carolina who taunted investigators with messages written with a victim’s blood chose Friday to die by firing squad.

A look at the status of US executions in 2025

Jun 26, 2025 11:07 AM EDT

Associated Press,

Twenty-five men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and four other people are scheduled to be put to death in three states during the remainder of 2025.

South Carolina sets next execution date as inmate questions lethal injection doses

Feb 7, 2025 1:30 PM EST

Associated Press,

The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state’s suddenly busy death chamber.

Judge rules only the governor can grant clemency to a South Carolina death row inmate

Oct 22, 2024 3:20 PM EDT

Associated Press,

A federal judge has rejected the request of a South Carolina man scheduled for execution next week to remove the governor’s power to grant clemency and allow someone else to consider his case.

Condemned South Carolina inmate chooses to die by lethal injection

Oct 18, 2024 2:20 PM EDT

Associated Press,

A condemned South Carolina inmate chose Friday to be executed by lethal injection, instead of by firing squad or electrocution, for killing a store clerk in 1999.

The son of a South Carolina inmate urges the governor to save his father from execution

Oct 16, 2024 10:45 AM EDT

Associated Press,

Richard Moore never meant to kill anyone the night he robbed a South Carolina convenience store and the Black man was convicted by a jury with no African Americans, his son and lawyers say as they fight to save the inmate from execution next month.

Federal judge is skeptical about taking away South Carolina governor’s clemency power

Oct 16, 2024 10:38 AM EDT

Associated Press,

A federal judge appears unlikely to grant the request of a South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed in just over three weeks to take away the power of granting him clemency from the governor.

As calls to end death penalty in SC continue to mount, activists speak out

Oct 14, 2024 2:41 PM EDT

ABC Team,

A statewide coalition of South Carolinians called for abolishing the death penalty Saturday in North Charleston.

Death row

South Carolina court rejects final death row appeal focused on brain damage from mother’s drinking

Lawyers for Stephen Bryant make final appeal over brain damage to stop South Carolina execution

South Carolina man chooses execution by firing squad despite concerns over last death by bullets

A look at the status of US executions in 2025

South Carolina sets next execution date as inmate questions lethal injection doses

Judge rules only the governor can grant clemency to a South Carolina death row inmate

Condemned South Carolina inmate chooses to die by lethal injection

The son of a South Carolina inmate urges the governor to save his father from execution

Federal judge is skeptical about taking away South Carolina governor’s clemency power

As calls to end death penalty in SC continue to mount, activists speak out

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