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South Carolina does not forbid the execution of the...

South Carolina does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders and does not have life without parole

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South Carolina does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders and does not have life without parole. A jury decides the sentence. The Governor has the exclusive authority to grant reprieves and to commute death sentences to life imprisonment.