COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSAV) –The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) released the arrest warrant for an inmate charged ...

Three former South Carolina Department of Corrections employees have pleaded guilty to trafficking and distributing drugs ...

The bill comes after one attempt to execute an inmate via lethal injection failed, with officials unable to set an intravenous line. In 2021, South Carolina passed a law allowing execution by ...

Corderius Johnson has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Joseph Hamilton. Johnson said ...

South Carolina executed a death row inmate by firing squad Friday, the first time in modern history the method has been used in the state. The 67-year-old inmate, Brad Sigmon, was convicted of a ...

COLUMBIA, SC (AP) – A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method. Brad Sigmon was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m ...

In an effort to reduce overcrowding in South Carolina’s juvenile jail, senators advanced a bill Thursday that would require counties to pay more for each teenager detained.

The Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s last-ditch effort to avoid ... The order paves the way for South Carolina to carry out the firing squad execution as scheduled at 6 p.m. EST Friday ...

In 2021, South Carolina passed a law allowing execution by firing squad in the state but named the electric chair the state’s primary means of execution. The law allows inmates the option to ...