Judge rules only the governor can grant clemency to a South Carolina death row inmate
A federal judge has rejected the request of a South Carolina man scheduled for execution next week to remove the governor's power to grant clemency and allow someone else to consider his case.
McMaster has authority to decide clemency in death row case of Richard Moore, court rules
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has the authority to grant or deny condemned inmate Richard Moore's clemency application, a federal court judge has ruled.
SC governor can decide whether to grant death row inmate clemency, judge decides
Gov. Henry McMaster can decide whether to grant clemency in the state’s upcoming execution, a federal judge decided. Ahead of Richard Moore’s execution, scheduled for Nov. 1, his attorneys argued that McMaster could not make a fair decision on whether to commute Moore’s sentence to life in prison — a last resort for
Condemned inmate Richard Moore wants someone other than South Carolina’s governor to decide clemency
A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed in just over three weeks is asking a federal judge to take away the power of granting clemency from the governor and place it with a parole board.
SC death row inmate Richard Moore chooses lethal injection for upcoming execution
Richard Moore, a condemned prisoner from Spartanburg, has chosen to die by lethal injection. He will be South Carolina's second inmate to be executed in 2024.
Court: McMaster can be fair in deciding death row inmate's clemency petition
Richard Moore's attorneys sought to delay his Nov. 1 execution, questioning the governor's impartiality because of his former job as attorney general
‘He’s not a monster.’ Son of South Carolina man set to be executed asks for clemency
Addiction to crack cocaine led to the fatal armed robbery that saw Richard Moore sentenced to death, say his son and lawyers.
Condemned South Carolina inmate chooses to die by lethal injection
A condemned South Carolina inmate has chosen to be executed by lethal injection for killing a store clerk in 1999.
South Carolina death row inmate selects method of execution
Richard Moore will be the second person executed in South Carolina following a 13-year pause when the state ran out of the ...