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Lawyers for four death row inmates who have run out of appeals are expected to argue to the South Carolina Supreme Court that the states old electric chair and new

Lawyers for four death row inmates who have run out of appeals argued to the South Carolina Supreme Court.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster and the S.C. Department of Corrections informed the S.C. Supreme Court recently that the department is now prepared to carry out executions by lethal

The South Carolina Department of Corrections announced Tuesday that after 12 years of paused executions, the state now has the execution drug it needed. However, despite having once searched for months to acquire the same drug and having halted executions in Tennessee, Gov. Bill Lee (R-Tennessee) sees "no reason to speed up this process" of establishing new lethal injection protocols.

Governor Henry McMaster and the S.C. Department of Corrections (SCDC) have informed the S. C. Supreme Court that the department is now prepared to carry out executions by lethal injection. “Justice has been delayed for too long in South Carolina,” said McMaster. “This filing brings our state one step closer to being able to once

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and the S.C. Department of Corrections announced Tuesday that the state can resume executions by lethal injections, after being unable to procure the drug for over a decade.

Capital punishment in the Palmetto State is back ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and the S.C. Department of Corrections announced Tuesday that the state can resume executions by lethal injections, after being unable to procure the drug for over a decade.

The state hasn’t carried out an execution since 2011, but Gov. Henry McMaster now says they’re ready with lethal injection drugs.