South Carolina death row inmate invokes 'sovereign citizen' defense in bid to avoid execution
A last-ditch effort from attorneys of a death row inmate argue that his beliefs about being a "sovereign citizen" could be considered insanity and should spare him from execution.
Brickbat: From Officer to Inmate
Avery Richard Smith, a former corrections officer in Berkeley County, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 10 years in ...
South Carolina lawmakers push for harsher burn ban penalties due to wildfires
The call for action comes after both the large Myrtle Beach and Table Rock complex wildfires were caused by humans.
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Man on death row chooses gruelling execution method which has only been used on four inmates in the past 50 years
Mikal Mahdi murdered an off-duty police officer by shooting him eight times and dousing him in diesel before setting him ...
I saw South Carolina use a firing squad to execute a man. I am sick with rage. | Opinion
I watched my client's execution by firing squad. He chose it after three lethal injection executions left men lingering on a ...
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Another South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad
If his execution proceeds, Mahdi will be the second South Carolinian to die by firing squad in the last 40 days, following ...
South Carolina cop killer chooses execution by firing squad
A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...
A second person on South Carolina’s death row has chosen to be executed by firing squad
Mikal Mahdi, who killed a South Carolina police officer during a multi-state crime spree, has chosen to die by firing squad.