SC wants to restart executions
Lawyers for four death row inmates who have run out of appeals are expected to argue to the South Carolina Supreme Court that the state's old electric chair and new
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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 state's 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