The race is on to halt the execution of a South Carolina death row inmate just days before he is scheduled to die. The race is on to end the execution of a South Carolina death row inmate, Richard Moore, 59, just days before he is sentenced to die through means of lethal injection A clemency petition was filed on …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — If Richard Moore is executed, he will have some say in how he goes — the electric chair or the firing squad. Moore is one of three prisoners on South Carolina’s death row who have run out of appeals in the past six months and could be among the first to face the grim choice under a …