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- AUGUST 22, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Court Judge John C. Few has thrown out the 1998 death sentence of Jimmy Clifton Locklair...
Circuit Court Judge John C. Few has thrown out the 1998 death sentence of Jimmy Clifton Locklair, 34, citing misconduct by both defense counsel and former Solicitor Holman Gossett.
- AUGUST 22, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Court Judge John C. Few has thrown out the 1998 death sentence...
Circuit Court Judge John C. Few has thrown out the 1998 death sentence of Jimmy Clifton Locklair, 34, citing misconduct by both defense counsel and former Solicitor Holman Gossett.
- AUGUST 20, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Stephen Stanko, 38, was sentenced to death for the April 8...
Stephen Stanko, 38, was sentenced to death for the April 8...
- AUGUST 20, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Stephen Stanko, 38, was sentenced to death for the April 8...
Stephen Stanko, 38, was sentenced to death for the April 8, 2005 murder of his live-in girlfriend Laura Ling, 43, and raping her 15-year-old daughter.
JULY 14, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH CAROLINA, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF BOY
making no final statement and keeping his eyes trained on the ceiling, William "Junior" Downs was put to death by lethal injection for the 1999 kidnapping, rape and murder of a 6-year-old South Carolina boy.
- MAY 31, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
a bill that will allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty...
a bill that will allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for some repeat child molesters has been approved by the state House.
- MAY 22, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
the state Supreme Court has granted a new trial to a man who has been on death row for 20 years.
the state Supreme Court has granted a new trial to a man who has been on death row for 20 years.
- MAY 17, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
a proposal to allow the state to seek the death penalty for repeat child sex...
a proposal to allow the state to seek the death penalty for repeat child sex offenders was dropped by a legislative committee, in an attempt to get some tougher provisions approved before lawmakers adjourn for the year.
MAY 1, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA. ALITO'S FIRST OPINION SETS ASIDE SOUTH CAROLINA DEATH SENTENCE
the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously set aside a South Carolina murder conviction and death sentence, as Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. in his 1st high court opinion said the man wasn't given a fair chance to mount a defense.
- MARCH 28, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
in Columbia, the South Carolina state Senate has endorsed making rapists eligible for the death penalty.
in Columbia, the South Carolina state Senate has endorsed making rapists eligible for the death penalty.
- MARCH 7, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
the state Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Michael James Laney...
the state Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Michael James Laney, saying the judge failed to tell jurors that a life sentence meant the man was ineligible for parole.
- MARCH 7, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
legislation that cleared the Senate would make people who commit...
legislation that cleared the Senate would make people who commit arson and are convicted of murder automatically eligible for the death penalty.