South Carolina puts man to death for 2001 murder

South Carolina executes man convicted of murder in state’s third execution since September
A South Carolina death row inmate was executed on Friday, marking the third time in four months the state has carried out the death penalty.
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The state executed Bowman for the 2001 murder of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, a young mother who was killed five days before her son's second birthday.
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Issac Bailey has a message for the South Carolina Department of Corrections employees who will execute Bowman: It’s a premeditated and unnecessary killing.
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Kandee Martin was shot once in the chest and once in the head on a dark country road, five days before her son's second birthday.
South Carolina prepares for third execution since September
South Carolina is preparing to execute the third inmate to be put to death since September as the state goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn't find lethal injection drugs.
South Carolina puts man to death for 2001 murder; it's state third execution since September
South Carolina has put 45 inmates to death since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976. In the early 2000s, it was carrying out an average of three executions a year. Nine states have put more inmates to death.
South Carolina inmate executed for 2001 murder; state's third execution since September
At 6:10 p.m. the letter from McMaster was sent to the department of corrections to decline executive clemency for Bowman. A short time later, the Associated Press reported Bowman's execution was carried out. This was the third execution in South Carolina since September 2024.
South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s third execution since September
South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s third execution since September.
Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be executed in South Carolina today. What to know.
Bowman was sentenced to death for the Feb. 16, 2001, shooting death of 21-year-old Kandee Martin five days before her son's second birthday.
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