Margie “Velma” Barfield — nicknamed “Death Row Granny” — wore pink pajamas as she was put to death on Nov. 2, 1984. Barfield ...

There have been several high-profile challenges to planned executions but many more that never see the light of day. Why is it so difficult for people on death row to have their cases reexamined?

South Carolina’s death penalty law is unevenly applied. Some horrific killers get life sentences, while those who commit ...

Moore's death sentence, imposed by an all-white jury more than 20 years ago, raised questions about whether he got a fair ...

South Carolina executes death row inmate Richard Moore as governor rejects plea to reduce his sentence to life ...

He has also accompanied police on undercover drug buys and also provided an award winning, eyewitness account of the execution of a North Carolina death row inmate. Scott was part of the OC ...

Friday night in North Charleston, the ‘South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty’ group held a vigil for ...

The race is on to halt the execution of a South Carolina death row inmate just days before he is scheduled to die. Richard Moore, 59, was issued the maximum sentence over the 1999 shooting of a ...

Moore then went behind the counter and stole about $1,400. No one else on South Carolina's death row started their crime unarmed and with no intention to kill, Moore's current attorneys say.

South Carolina has put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection for the fatal shooting of a store clerk in Spartanburg.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said a man was arrested on charges connected to sexual exploitation of a minor in ...

South Carolina death row inmate Richard Moore has selected lethal injection as his method of execution. Moore made the choice in an affidavit signed Friday and submitted to the South Carolina ...