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 has been put to death by lethal injection in the state’s ...

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

Stephen Christopher Stanko faced execution in South Carolina. He was convicted for murders and other crimes. The execution ...

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.

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 ...

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

Stephen Stanko, an inmate set to be put to death in June, is seeking secretive details about SC's execution methods following ...

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.

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