A recent report from the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) details the historical role of race in South Carolina's capital punishment system. The findings indicate that the state's death penalty ...
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said Friday that his office may pursue the death penalty when it retries Alex Murdaugh in the 2021 murder of his son and wife.“In light of the Supreme Court ...
The South Carolina Supreme Court ordered a retrial on May 13 after unanimously finding that former Colleton County Clerk of ...
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said the state is considering all legal options, including pursuing the death ...
FLORENCE, S.C. (WBTW) — Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a Marion man accused of killing a Pee Dee paramedic during a violent March 2024 crime spree, according to a court filing ...
Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers have announced a $600,000 federal lawsuit against former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill, ...
South Carolina's execution of a convicted murderer by firing squad marked the sixth use of capital punishment in the United ...
A judge ruled that a South Carolina inmate who killed a state trooper is incompetent to be executed due to mental illness delusions, citing mental health experts.