Commentary: SC needs better mental health support, death penalty alternatives

Rev. Hillary Taylor advocates for better mental health support in South Carolina amid a high rate of executions and for ...
Opinion

Despite rise in executions this year, America’s death penalty has a bleak future

This is all bad news for people seeking to end capital punishment in the United States. However, I don’t think that it suggests we are seeing a revival of the death penalty after a long period of ...

Next SC governor may be asked to stop an execution. How would hopefuls decide?

Besides Stephen Bryant, who is scheduled to be executed Friday, 23 people are on South Carolina’s execution list.

South Carolina court rejects final death row appeal focused on brain damage from mother's drinking

South Carolina's highest court has refused to stop the execution of a man who killed three people over five days more than 20 ...

What's driving the rise in U.S. death row executions in 2025?

This year is expected to see capital punishment carried out more often than any other year since 2009. Experts weigh in on ...

Current justice, former House Speaker among those vying for SC Supreme Court seat

A seat is up for grabs on South Carolina’s highest court, which has made critical decisions in recent years on abortion, the ...