South Carolina death row inmate makes final appeal, says trial lawyer wasn't prepared

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man convicted of murder who is expected to be the next inmate scheduled for execution in South Carolina is making a final appeal to the state Supreme Court, saying his trial lawyer was inadequately prepared and had too much sympathy for the victim. According...

UK intelligence chief accuses Russia of 'staggeringly reckless' sabotage campaign

PARIS (AP) — The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service said Friday that Russia is conducting a “staggeringly reckless” sabotage campaign against Ukraine's Western allies, and that his spies are working to stop the consequences from spiraling out of control. And in a...

South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy by parties that included three jurors and the judge from his trial, a former prison director, pastors and members...

South Carolina executes death row inmate Richard Moore as governor rejects plea to reduce his sentence to life

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina executes death row inmate Richard Moore as governor rejects plea to reduce his sentence to life.

Justices refuse to stop execution of South Carolina inmate who says the jury was racially biased

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of South Carolina inmate Richard Moore, a Black inmate whose lawyers say he is the only person on the death's death row convicted by a jury with no African American members. There were no...

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

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — 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. Moore went...