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South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections. South Carolina’s governor and corrections director swiftly filed a reply, stating the high court should reject Owens’ petition. First execution in 13 years Owens may be the …

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South Carolina justices refuse to stop state’s first execution in 13 years

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of Freddie Owens who is set to die by lethal injection next week in the state’s first execution in 13 years. That evidence, plus an argument that Owens’ death sentence was too harsh because a jury never conclusively determined he pulled the trigger on the …

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Is South Carolina Willing to Heed the Clearest Lesson We Have About Executions?

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Carrying out an execution is always a complicated business that takes a horrible toll on anyone who is associated with it. On Monday, the South Carolina Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for the state’s next execution and also agreed to consider a request from four of the state’s death-row inmates that South Carolina wait at least three months between executions. …

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2 South Carolina executions halted until firing squad formed

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the planned executions of two inmates by electrocution, saying they cannot be put to death until they truly have the choice of a firing squad option set out in the state’s newly revised capital punishment law. The state’s plans, the court wrote in an unanimous order, are on hold …

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South Carolina inmates want deaths delayed during appeal

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Days before what could be South Carolina’s first execution in a decade, the two inmates scheduled to die this month under the state’s recently revamped capital punishment statute want an emergency order to stop their planned electrocutions while they appeal their cases. Attorneys for both men have argued that South Carolina hasn’t tried hard enough to get lethal injection drugs …

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Federal judge asked to halt 2 South Carolina electrocutions

Associated Press

FLORENCE, S.C. — Attorneys for two prisoners facing death by electrocution under South Carolina’s new capital punishment law are asking a federal judge to block their executions scheduled later this month, describing the electric chair as a particularly cruel and mutilating method of killing. The South Carolina Supreme Court set Sigmon’s execution for June 18 after prison officials indicated the …

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3 years, 6 months ago

South Carolina judge refuses to block 2 scheduled executions

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina judge on Tuesday refused to block two executions set for later this month as she considers a lawsuit over the state’s new capital punishment law, which effectively forces condemned prisoners to choose to die by either the electric chair or firing squad. If the executions proceed as scheduled, Owens and Sigmon would likely die …

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3 years, 6 months ago

South Carolina court weighs pausing new death penalty law

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina judge should block the executions of two men scheduled to die later this month so the court can evaluate a new law that effectively forces death row prisoners to choose to die by either electric chair or firing squad, prisoners’ attorneys argued Monday. If South Carolina carries out the executions as scheduled, both men …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Execution set for 2nd SC inmate suing over death penalty law

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an execution date for the second of two men on death row suing the state over a new law forcing inmates to choose between dying by firing squad or the electric chair. Owens and another man on death row, Brad Sigmon, sued South Carolina earlier this month, arguing that …

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Last meal of death row inmate revealed after South Carolina’s first execution in 13 years

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Is South Carolina Willing to Heed the Clearest Lesson We Have About Executions?

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South Carolina judge refuses to block 2 scheduled executions

South Carolina court weighs pausing new death penalty law

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