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SC executioners use twice the dose of lethal drug than previously reported
The South Carolina Department of Correction’s secret lethal injection protocols call for a second, massive dose of deadly ...
Judge won’t halt execution in South Carolina over lethal injection concerns
A federal judge doesn't plan to stop the execution of a South Carolina inmate in two days because the convicted man's lawyers ...
Lethal injection autopsies show extensive damage from corrosive drugs. State expert said it's normal.
As SC prepares to execute a man by lethal injection, a review of 43 autopsies shows prisoners' lungs full of fluid. A state ...
Pentobarbital injection used to execute Stephen Stanko, who killed two and raped his girl friend’s daughter, in South Carolina
Stephen Christopher Stanko faced execution in South Carolina. He was convicted for murders and other crimes. The execution ...
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South Carolina inmate loses bid to delay execution over firing squad, injection concerns
A federal judge refused to halt the execution of Stephen Stanko, set for Friday, saying his lawyers provided no evidence that ...
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Prayer vigil planned as South Carolina prepares to execute Stephen Stanko Friday
A prayer vigil for life is scheduled to take place in Columbia a few hours before South Carolina death row inmate Stephen ...
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South Carolina executes a man serving death sentences in two separate murders
A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months.