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The death penalty has a racist past. In SC, evidence shows that hasn't changed.
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThirty-five men sit on South Carolina’s death row while the state enters civil litigation to...
SC Supreme Court hears clashing views on how to execute condemned killers
The State McClatchy via AOL· 3 months agoThe S.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard spirited arguments about the constitutionality of using the...
South Carolina revisits shield law as Supreme Court debates firing squad, electrocution
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe future of the death penalty in South Carolina remains in limbo after the state Supreme Court...
Questions, issues still to be resolved in years-long case against death penalty in SC
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn an effort to resume executions in South Carolina after over a decade, the state Department of...
Your SC politics briefing
The State via Yahoo News· 8 months agoGood morning and welcome to your weekly South Carolina politics briefing, a newsletter curated by The State’s politics and government team. Gov. Henry...
Executions in SC could restart after McMaster signs ‘shield’ law to remove major hurdle
The State via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSouth Carolina has not carried out an execution since 2011, in part because companies do not want...
40 years ago, infamous SC killer ‘Pee Wee’ Gaskins slayed last victim — a fellow prisoner
The State McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoOnce described as “a little man with a squeaky voice, dead eyes and a black heart,” Pee Wee Gaskins...
Expert: South Carolina likely has hundreds of wrongfully convicted people behind bars
Spartanburg Herald-Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn an Upstate region that leads South Carolina in prison incarcerations, some in the legal field are...
Judge rules SC’s firing squad, electrocution execution methods are unconstitutional
The State McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoA state judge has ruled South Carolina’s execution methods of electrocution and the newly installed...
Alex Murdaugh double murder trial scheduled for January in Colleton County
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn official date has been set for disbarred and disgraced South Carolina attorney Richard "Alex"...