South Carolina's execution of Stephen Bryant has reignited debate over the use of the firing squad, which is authorized in ...

A South Carolina death row inmate convicted of killing a man and writing a message to investigators with the victim's blood more than 20 years ago elected on Friday to die by firing squad. Stephen ...

Stephen Bryant is scheduled for execution on Nov. 14 for the 2004 eight-day murder spree of three people in Sumter County ...

Barbed wired fencing guides a path to a Kirkland Correctional Institution dorm in Columbia, SC. Gavin McIntyre [email protected] The longest-serving inmate on death row in South Carolina died of ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row has died of natural causes at a prison hospital, according to the state Department of Corrections. Fred Singleton, 81, was ...

South Carolina’s highest court has refused to stop the execution of a man who killed three people over five days more than 20 years ago while leaving taunting messages for police in the blood of one ...

Mikal Mahdi has been described as a cold-blooded killer. In 2006, Mahdi was convicted and sentenced to death in South Carolina for the murder of an off-duty police captain. The ambush-style murder ...

The longest-serving inmate on death row in South Carolina died of natural causes, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Fred Singleton, 81, was pronounced dead at the Kirkland ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row has died of natural causes at a prison hospital, according to the state Department of Corrections. Fred Singleton, 81, was ...