South Carolina carried out the execution of Richard Moore on Friday evening, according to the state, a day after the US Supreme Court declined the Black inmate’s request to halt his lethal ...

A judge has denied a death row inmate's challenge to South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's impartiality in deciding his petition for clemency. Richard Moore's attorneys at the Columbia-based law ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected the request of a South Carolina man scheduled for execution next week to remove the governor's power to grant clemency and allow someone else ...

South Carolina executes death row inmate despite pleas from jurors and a judge to spare his life By Andy Rose , John Fritze and Emma Tucker , CNN 6 minute read ...