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.

An inmate put to death last month in South ... squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for up to a minute after the bullets missed their target and failed to quickly stop his ...

We don’t know what went wrong, but nothing about his execution was humane. The implications are horrifying for anyone facing the same choice as Mikal. South Carolina’s refusal to acknowledge ...

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.