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.
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, a federal court judge has ruled.
SC governor said he wouldn’t pardon a death row inmate. Judge say it’s still his decision
Richard Moore is sentenced to die by lethal injection on Nov. 1 inside the state death chamber in Columbia, South Carolina
Court: McMaster can be fair in deciding death row inmate's clemency petition
Richard Moore's attorneys sought to delay his Nov. 1 execution, questioning the governor's impartiality because of his former job as attorney general
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 second inmate to be executed in 2024.
SC governor can decide whether to grant death row inmate clemency, judge decides
Gov. Henry McMaster can decide whether to grant clemency in the state’s upcoming execution, a federal judge decided. Ahead of Richard Moore’s execution, scheduled for Nov. 1, his attorneys argued that McMaster could not make a fair decision on whether to commute Moore’s sentence to life in prison — a last resort for
Federal judge denies SC death row inmate’s request for parole board to review clemency
A federal judge has denied South Carolina death row inmate Richard Moore’s request to have the state’s parole board review his clemency application instead of the governor.
Attorney for death row inmate Richard Moore says his case highlights racial disparity in capital punishment
Richard Moore is scheduled for execution in South Carolina in a little over 2 weeks. An attorney says Moore's case highlights ...
Death row inmate Richard Moore has just days to make chilling choice of HOW he’ll die – and firing squad is an option
A DEATH row inmate set to be executed in just weeks has been asked to make a chilling choice of how he would like to die.
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South Carolina death row inmate to choose firing squad, electric chair or lethal injection for execution
A South Carolina death row inmate is being required to choose between a firing squad, lethal injection and the electric ...
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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 ... Press, Moore, who is Black, is the only ...
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 ...