South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence

South Carolina set to put Marion Brown Jr. to death in first U.S. execution of 2025
South Carolina's Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be the first person executed this year on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to hear his case.
Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be executed in South Carolina today. What to know.
Bowman was sentenced to death for the Feb. 16, 2001, shooting death of 21-year-old Kandee Martin five days before her son's second birthday.
South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won't ask for clemency
After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided not to ask the governor for clemency, saying he didn't want to spend the rest of his life in prison for a murder he has always insisted he did not commit.
'I did not do it': South Carolina man set for execution argues innocence, racial bias
Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be executed on Friday for the shooting death of Kandee Martin in 2001. Martin's body was found in the trunk of her burned car.
South Carolina set to execute third death row inmate since September 2024
Friday, 44-year-old Marion Bowman Jr. is set to die by lethal injection after he was convicted of killing 21-year-old Kandee Martin in 2001. However, Bowman has
South Carolina lawyer argues death row inmate 'too heavy' to be executed in desperate last-ditch appeal
Marion Bowman Jr., 44, is scheduled to be executed via lethal injection at 6pm but in their final appeal his lawyers raised concerns that South Carolina's lethal injection protocol doesn't take the de
SLED investigating inmate death at South Carolina state prison
The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are investigating an in-custody inmate death.
South Carolina prepares for third execution since September
South Carolina is preparing to execute the third inmate to be put to death since September as the state goes through a ...
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Earthquake reported in Elgin, South Carolina, overnight
An earthquake was reported in Elgin, South Carolina, early Friday morning. The United States Geological Survey confirmed a ...
South Carolina schools’ race, gender rules face civil rights lawsuit
The South Carolina Department of Education faces a civil rights lawsuit challenging its restrictions on how race and sex are ...
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South Carolina's wildfire season & weather: what's at play?
South Carolina's wildfire season peaks between late winter and spring. This season could be an active one. Weather can make ...
South Carolina Treasurer Calls Questions of His Role in $1.8 Billion Accounting Error a Witch Hunt
South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis says calls for him to resign over an accounting error that left the state sorting out ...
A'ja Wilson jersey retirement: South Carolina to honor former star by raising her No. 22 jersey to the rafters
A'ja Wilson will be the first South Carolina women's basketball player to officially have her jersey retired on Feb. 2, and ...
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South Carolina Senate advances new version of K-12 school voucher legislation
South Carolina moved closer Thursday to reinstalling a private school voucher program originally deemed unconstitutional by ...
Plane that crashed into a military helicopter in Washington started its day in South Carolina
The American Airlines plane that crashed into a helicopter Washington, D.C. and landed in the Potomac River started its day ...