SC leaders oppose death row inmate’s request to delay execution

In a return, the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office urged the state Supreme Court to deny Steven Vernon Bixby’s request ...

SC death row inmate asks for a stay of execution until after holidays

A South Carolina death row inmate is petitioning to have his execution pushed back to after the holidays.
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Death row inmate is competent for execution, SC Supreme Court says

A death row inmate convicted of raping and killing his neighbor is competent for execution, the South Carolina Supreme Court ...
Law

Man Formerly On SC Death Row Suing Prosecutors

A man condemned for decades to South Carolina's death row says prosecutors wrongfully pursued a case against him in a widow's 1982 stabbing death, according to a federal lawsuit. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — ...
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South Carolina death row inmate dies in prison

(WSPA)—A South Carolina death row inmate has died nearly two decades after his estranged wife's killing. The SC Department of Corrections announced that Louis Michael Winkler Jr. died Monday morning ...
South Carolina Public Radio

SC Supreme Court rejects death row inmate’s rehearing petition

The state's high court issued the decision on Wednesday, rejecting a final push by Bixby's attorneys to challenge his mental ...
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A South Carolina death row inmate died of illness, prison officials say

A S.C. Death Row inmate Louis Michael Winkler Jr. died Monday morning at Kirkland Correctional Institution. Louis Michael Winkler, 66, of Horry County, was pronounced dead 8:49 a.m. in Kirkland’s ...