Two South Carolina legislators are seeking an investigation into the state’s firing squad execution last month.

Inmate Stephen Stanko was leaning toward a death by firing squad but changed his mind when he couldn't get more details about ...

Stephen Stanko is hoping a South Carolina federal judge will pause his upcoming execution following claims by his attorneys ...

Lawyers for a South Carolina death row inmate are heading to federal court to argue that the state is not properly carrying ...

A federal judge refused to halt the execution of Stephen Stanko, set for Friday, saying his lawyers provided no evidence that ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected a request from an inmate set to die next month for more information on the firing squad after concerns about the last execution by bullets in April.

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders has been put to death by lethal injection in the state’s ...

Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart and he suffered in extreme pain for as long as a minute. Skip to content. NOWCAST WYFF News 4 at 5.

Stephen Stanko, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. local time on Friday, June 13, according to a statement released by the ...

Did a South Carolina firing squad deliberately try to miss a man's heart during an execution last month to prolong his death?

Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% ...