Gov. Henry McMaster orders flags be flown at half-staff Friday for National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Governor Henry McMaster (R) has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff Friday at all state buildings, grounds, and ...
Halt death penalty execution, civil rights groups asks Gov. McMaster with a week to go
The governor has authority to grant clemency, but it's a power that has not been exercised in SC since the U.S. resumed ...
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Gov. Henry McMaster announces retirement of SCDHHS director Robert Kerr
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) announced Monday afternoon that a Sumter man has been arrested in connection with criminal sexual conduct with minors. Frustration is boiling over for ...
McMaster has the power to commute death row inmate sentence. Will the SC governor use it?
The state is scheduled to execute Freddie Owens on Sept. 20, which will be South Carolina’s first execution carried out since ...
Why are flags flying at half-staff in South Carolina?
Section 53-3-165 of the South Carolina Code of Laws designates the third Friday in September of each year as POW/MIA Recognition Day in South Carolina and provides that flags be flown at half-staff. S ...
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Gov. Henry McMaster announces retirement of SCDHHS director Robert Kerr
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Governor Henry McMaster announced on Monday South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) director Robert Kerr is set to retire from his position.
As execution deadline looms, SC Supreme Court finds recanted witness testimony not reliable
At the eleventh hour, the key eyewitness in the case that sent Freddie Owens to death row recanted his testimony, saying that ...
McMaster should spare Owens from the death penalty; here's why
Letter writer urges Gov. Henry McMaster to spare the life of inmate Freddie Owens, whose execution is schedule on Sept. 20.