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South Carolina's Supreme Court set a Jan. 31 date for the state's next execution after allowing a pause for the Christmas holidays.

A man convicted of murder who is expected to be the next inmate scheduled for execution in South Carolina is making a final appeal to the state Supreme Court, saying his trial lawyer was inadequately prepared and had too much sympathy for the victim.

South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy by parties that included three jurors and the judge from his trial, a former prison director, pastors and the his family.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of South Carolina inmate Richard Moore, a Black inmate whose lawyers say he is the only person on the death's death row convicted by a jury with no African American members.

Attorneys at Justice 360 fight for Richard Moore's life as he faces his third execution date, this time November 1.

The son of a South Carolina inmate is asking the governor to save his father from execution. Inmate Richard Moore is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Nov. 1 for the 1999 killing of a convenience store clerk during a robbery.

A federal judge appears unlikely to grant the request of a South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed in just over three weeks to take away the power of granting him clemency from the governor.

South Carolina's high court on Friday set a date of Nov. 1 to put to death a man who killed a store clerk a quarter-century ago, the second of an expected six executions in about six months as the state ramps up its use of capital punishment after a 13-year pause.

South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials couldn't get the drugs needed for lethal injections.

Freddie Eugene Owens is scheduled to be executed Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, by lethal injection. Owens' execution will be South Carolina's first since 2011.