In the early 2000s, it was carrying out an average of three executions a year. Nine states have put more inmates to death.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided not to ...

South Carolina's execution chamber. (Provided by the SC Department of Corrections) COLUMBIA — Death row inmate Marion Bowman chose to die by lethal injection, while still suing for more information ...

Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old inmate, is scheduled to be executed Friday night, marking the first execution in South ...

Death row inmate Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old Dorchester County native, is scheduled to be executed Friday night, marking ...

released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections, awaits execution on death row. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP ... This undated photo released by the South Carolina ...

Marion Bowman has decided not to seek clemency from South Carolina’s governor, guaranteeing he will face the death chamber Friday night. The death row inmate continues to maintain his innocence. But ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided ... more than half of his life on death row. He cannot in good conscience ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided not to ask the governor for clemency, saying he didn't want to spend the rest ...