A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s ...

This collection of columns examines the debate in South Carolina over methods of execution for death row inmates. The articles discuss the involvement of the Newman family, with Clifton presiding over ...

Amid controversy over South Carolina’s execution methods, advocacy groups served petitions to the governor to spare the life ...

Of the tens of thousands of violent crimes that happen each year in South Carolina, only a handful end with life sentences. And it’s even more rare for the death penalty to be sought.

If two more executions proceed as planned before the end of June—one each in Florida and Mississippi—the same number of ...

A prayer vigil for life is scheduled to take place in Columbia a few hours before South Carolina death row inmate Stephen ...

MyHorryNews' Managing Editor Tommy Cardinal witnessed the execution of Stephen Stanko, who died by lethal injection on Friday, June 13. In this column, Cardinal explains what the day entailed as he ...

On Thursday, a federal judge denied Stanko’s attorneys’ appeal to delay his execution over concerns of the effectiveness of lethal injection used on previous inmates. Stanko is set to become the sixth ...

Stephen Stanko is serving two death sentences for crimes he committed in April 2005 in Horry and Georgetown counties. However, Stanko is specifically being executed for the murder of 74-year-old Henry ...

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months.