South Carolina has executed their first death row prisoner this year, Marion Bowman Jr., who has been in prison since 2002 ...
A South Carolina death row inmate was executed on Friday, marking the third time in four months the state has carried out the death penalty.
The state executed Bowman for the 2001 murder of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, a young mother who was killed five days before ...
Lawmakers held a hearing for two different pieces of legislation that would change the death penalty. LR15CA is a constitutional amendment that would get rid of the death penalty. LB432 is a bill that ...
People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...
South Carolina is preparing to execute the third inmate to be put to death since September as the state goes through a ...
Bowman is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Friday at a Columbia, South Carolina prison for the killing of 21-year-old Kandee Martin.
While some advocates praise the commutations as a step toward ending capital punishment, others are outraged.
Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty and other organizations presented testimony at a public hearing at the State Capitol and submitted a constitutional amendment to the voters to ban capital ...
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards in ...
Marion Bowman Jr. was convicted of shooting and killing a young mother, 21 year-old Kandee Martin, in Dorchester County, South Carolina ...