Judge rules only the governor can grant clemency to a South Carolina death row inmate
A federal judge has rejected the request of a South Carolina man scheduled for execution next week to remove the governor's power to grant clemency and allow someone else to consider his case.
The son of a South Carolina inmate urges the governor to save his father from execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richard Moore never meant to kill anyone the night he robbed a South Carolina convenience store and the Black man was convicted by a jury with no African Americans, his son and lawyers say as they fight to save the inmate from execution next month.
South Carolina death row inmate selects method of execution
Richard Moore will be the second person executed in South Carolina following a 13-year pause when the state ran out of the drugs needed for lethal injections.
Condemned inmate Richard Moore wants someone other than South Carolina’s governor to decide clemency
A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed in just over three weeks is asking a federal judge to take away the power of granting clemency from the governor and place it with a parole board.
South Carolina Inmate Chooses Lethal Injection Over Firing Squad Or Electrocution
Richard Moore, a South Carolina man on death row for the 1999 murder of a store clerk, has opted for lethal injection as his method of execution. He was given the choice between lethal injection, firing squad,
Condemned South Carolina Inmate Chooses to Die by Lethal Injection
A condemned South Carolina inmate has chosen to be executed by lethal injection for killing a store clerk in 1999
Condemned S.C. inmate chooses to die by lethal injection
State prison officials had told Richard Moore this month he could choose the method for his Nov. 1 execution. State law had given him until Friday to decide.
McMaster has authority to decide clemency in death row case of Richard Moore, court rules
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has the authority to grant or deny condemned inmate Richard Moore's clemency application, ...
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Spartanburg man on South Carolina death row will be put to death on Nov. 1
The South Carolina Department of Corrections director declared lethal injection as a viable option in the execution of Spartanburg’s Richard Moore. According to a South Carolina Supreme ...
South Carolina Gov. McMaster says he will be fair in clemency decision for Spartanburg man
Attorneys for Richard Moore, scheduled to die on Nov. 1, filed a lawsuit questioning the governor's impartiality after ...
SC death row inmate Richard Moore chooses lethal injection for upcoming execution
Richard Moore, a condemned prisoner from Spartanburg, has chosen to die by lethal injection. He will be South Carolina's ...