COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina ... to stop the execution of Freddie Owens who is set to die by lethal injection next week in the state’s first execution in 13 years. The justices ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's highest court on Monday ... in earlier unsuccessful appeals and refused to stop Friday's scheduled execution so further hearings could be held.

This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left (South ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s highest court on ... in earlier unsuccessful appeals and refused to stop Friday’s scheduled execution so further hearings could be held.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's highest court on Monday rejected the last major appeal from Mikal Mahdi, who is scheduled to die by firing squad later this week for the ambush killing of ...