Man on death row in South Carolina seeks postponement to get autopsy from last execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A condemned man who is the next person scheduled to be put to death in South Carolina is again asking for his execution date be postponed because his lawyers have not received the autopsy report from the last execution two weeks ago. Man on death row in South Carolina seeks postponement to get autopsy from last execution The state Supreme Court rejected a similar request earlier this month by Brad Sigmon. But Sigmon is hesitant to choose lethal injection because witnesses to the three previous executions since the state moved to using a massive dose of pentobarbital have said that even though the condemned prisoners appeared to stop breathing and moving in a few minutes, they were not declared dead for at least 20 minutes. In a sworn statement issued after an execution date is set, Corrections Director Bryan Stirling certifies that each method is available, including saying, “lethal injection is available via a single dose of pentobarbital.” Sigmon’s lawyers have not yet seen the autopsy report on Marion Bowman, who was executed by lethal injection Jan. 31.
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