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US Supreme Court rejects likely final appeal of South Carolina inmate a day before his execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Thursday what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled execution for a 2001 killing of a friend found dead in her burning car. Marion Bowman Jr.'s request to stop his execution until a...
South Carolina man chooses to die by lethal injection instead of electric chair or firing squad
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who has spent more than half his life on death row has chosen to die by lethal injection instead of by electric chair or firing squad later this month. Marion Bowman Jr., 44, is the third inmate set to die since the state was able to...
After holiday pause, South Carolina begins scheduling executions again
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Supreme Court set a Jan. 31 date for the state's next execution after allowing a pause for the Christmas holidays. The state is working through a backlog of inmates out of appeals but temporarily spared because prison officials couldn't obtain...
