South Carolina man Stephen Stanko died by lethal injection3. Stanko was convicted of killing his friend and girlfriend in ...

A federal judge doesn't plan to stop the execution of a South Carolina inmate in two days because the convicted man's lawyers didn’t have evidence of problems with the state’s lethal injection process ...

A federal judge refused to halt the execution of Stephen Stanko, set for Friday, saying his lawyers provided no evidence that South Carolina’s lethal injection process causes unconstitutional pain.

South Carolina uses two, massive five-gram doses of pentobarbital to execute death row inmates who choose lethal injection. Long hinted at in autopsies, court filings and by attorneys representing ...

Twenty-four men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Five other people are scheduled to be put ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders is scheduled to die Friday by lethal injection in the state's sixth execution in nine months. Stephen Stanko, 57 ...

Mississippi is set to carry out its 20th execution by lethal injection as Richard Jordan, who's sat on death row for 48 years ...

Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% have involved other methods.

For the past five years, no more than 24 executions occurred annually — but 2025 is already near that mark, with more ...

Judge won't halt execution in South Carolina over lethal injection concerns This undated photo released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the room where inmates are executed in ...

Judge won’t halt execution in South Carolina over lethal injection concerns by: JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press. Posted: Jun 11, 2025 / 03:54 PM EDT. Updated: Jun 11, 2025 / 03:55 PM EDT.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday told lawyers for a South Carolina inmate scheduled to die in two days that he doesn’t plan to stop the execution because they didn’t have ...