South Carolina’s State Auditor George Kennedy resigned on Wednesday after an outside audit found what was thought to be a $1.8 billion surplus in the state’s budget was actually an accounting error.

South Carolina’s latest execution should be halted so that lawyers for the condemned inmate can get more information about the drug used for lethal injection.

Lawyers for South Carolina death row inmate Marion Bowman Jr. are seeking to halt his impending execution, citing concerns ...

Marion Bowman Jr., 44, is the third inmate set to die since the state was able to restart executions after a 13-year pause ...

South Carolina has cranked up the killing machine again. Next up: Marion Bowman Jr., the third man — the third black man — the state wants to kill since restarting executions in September ...

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South Carolina is beginning to schedule executions again after a pause for the holidays, with the state Supreme Court setting the next one for Jan. 31. The state is looking to carry out death ...

South Carolina's Supreme Court scheduled Marion Bowman Jr.'s Jan. 31 execution, amidst legal challenges and a pause for Christmas. The state resumes executions after resolving lethal injection drug ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Supreme Court set a Jan. 31 date for the state's next execution after allowing a pause for the Christmas holidays. The state is working through a backlog of ...