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Thursday, April 04, 2013  A man who spent more than a decade on South Carolina's death row for killing three women has died.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  Attorneys for Stephen Stanko are arguing before the state Supreme Court on Thursday that a juror should have been disqualified because she told the judge she knew Stanko already had one death sentence. The attorneys also say the trial should have been held elsewhere because of publicity.

Sunday, May 06, 2012  The number of people on South Carolina's death row is at a nearly two-decade low.

Sunday, April 15, 2012  A prison that's home to South Carolina's death row is on lockdown while authorities wrap up an internal investigation.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011  South Carolina Chief Justice Jean Toal wants to send a message to state prosecutors to stop trying to win at all costs.  But she isn't sure if turning over the death sentence of a man who admitted raping and strangling 20-year-old Clemson University student Tiffany Souers five years ago is the right way to do it.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011  Counting down, US inmate nears execution in policeman's killing despite pleas in Europe.

Friday, August 19, 2011  Judge accepts plea to free 3 men convicted in Arkansas scouts' deaths after 18 years in prison

Thursday, May 05, 2011  South Carolina death row inmate Jeffrey Motts is just a day away from getting the execution he has asked for ever since he strangled his prison cellmate.  Motts is scheduled to die by injection Friday in Columbia.

Monday, March 21, 2011  The justices ruled unanimously Monday that 35-year-old Jeffrey Motts is competent to ask that the state go ahead and put him to death.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011  Lawmakers: Illinois governor to abolish death penalty at signing ceremony in Capitol

Friday, February 11, 2011  Chadrick Fulks says in a letter filed in federal court this week that he respects a federal judge's denial in August of his request for a new trial.

Tuesday, August 03, 2010  U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson Jr. on Tuesday denied the motion by 33-year-old Chadrick Fulks.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010  A man on federal death row for killing women in South Carolina and West Virginia says he wants to drop any remaining appeals and be executed.

Friday, April 02, 2010  The man on South Carolina's death row longer than any of its current inmates has been re-sentenced to life in prison.

Thursday, September 03, 2009  Texas AG drops case against former death row inmate convicted of killing 3 in 1985 bombing