South Carolina
State update
Link to death penalty statute
Sections 16-3-20, 21, 25, 26
Link to execution statute
Section 24-3-530
Date death penalty reenacted
December 31, 1969
Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?
Yes, if the defendant comissioned or otherwise caused someone else to commit the murder
How is the sentence determined?
Jury
Location of death row(s)
Ridgville (Women: Columbia)
Clemency process
Governor has sole authority to grant clemency
Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)
Not specified
Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973
2
Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973
- Michael Linder, 1981
- Warren Douglas Manning, 1999
