South Carolina executes man convicted of murder

South Carolina executes man convicted of murder in state’s third execution since September
A South Carolina death row inmate was executed on Friday, marking the third time in four months the state has carried out the death penalty.
South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s third execution since September
South Carolina is preparing to execute the third inmate to be put to death since September as the state goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn't find lethal injection drugs.
Marion Bowman executed in South Carolina for young woman's 2001 murder: 'I'm innocent'
The state executed Bowman for the 2001 murder of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, a young mother who was killed five days before her son's second birthday.
South Carolina set to execute third death row inmate since September 2024
Friday, 44-year-old Marion Bowman Jr. is set to die by lethal injection after he was convicted of killing 21-year-old Kandee Martin in 2001. However, Bowman has
Death Row Inmate Marion Bowman, Who Refused Plea Deal, to Be Executed
Bowman is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Friday at a Columbia, South Carolina prison for the killing of 21-year-old Kandee Martin.
Murder victim's family has been 'counting down the minutes' until South Carolina execution
Kandee Martin was shot once in the chest and once in the head on a dark country road, five days before her son's second birthday.
South Carolina puts man to death for 2001 murder; it's state third execution since September
South Carolina has put 45 inmates to death since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976. In the early 2000s, it was carrying out an average of three executions a year. Nine states have put more inmates to death.
Marion Bowman Jr. dies by lethal injection in first U.S. execution of 2025
South Carolina's Marion Bowman Jr. became first person executed in the United States in 2025 on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to hear his case.
Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be executed in South Carolina today. What to know.
Bowman was sentenced to death for the Feb. 16, 2001, shooting death of 21-year-old Kandee Martin five days before her son's second birthday.
South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won’t ask for clemency
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Court upholds death sentence for an SC man nearly 2 decades after he pleaded guilty to 3 murders
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Vigils at Cokesbury Church highlight calls for South Carolina justice system reform
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SC law criminalizing release of death penalty information attacked in federal lawsuit
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Who Is Marion Bowman? First US Inmate To Be Executed This Year
The death penalty is a legal form of punishment in ... This undated photo released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Marion Bowman Jr. This undated photo released by the ...
Federal court says Marion Bowman can't know more about drugs used to kill him as ACLU fights shield law
A federal court rejected another attempt at halting a South Carolina execution. Marion Bowman Jr. was convicted 24 years ago ...
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Nigerian man extradited to US in sextortion case that led to death of SC lawmaker's son
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Four US states consider new laws for people who have abortions to be punished as murderers
South Carolina, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Indiana legislatures are considering bills that would classify abortion as ...