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 ...

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders on the same day has been put to death by lethal injection ...

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

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

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 ...

A South Carolina man convicted of a 2005 double murder was put to death by lethal injection on Friday, the fourth execution ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Lawyers for a South Carolina death row inmate are heading to federal court to argue that the state is not properly carrying out executions. South Carolina uses either lethal injection or the ...

Most of the 23 states that still have an active death penalty allow a certain number of journalists to witness executions, as ...