Murderer Steven Stanko came to Augusta, where he told golf patrons he owned several Hooters. A woman here tipped off cops after she saw he was wanted.

A South Carolina man who was twice sentenced to die for killing two people nearly two decades ago was scheduled Friday to be executed on June 13.

Stephen Stanko is scheduled for death on June 13 and must decide by May 30 whether to die by lethal injection, firing squad, ...

A man who was twice sentenced to die for killings in Horry and Georgetown counties nearly two decades ago was scheduled ...

After exhausting his appeals, Stephen Stanko, convicted of two murders in Horry County, will have to choose his method of ...

State Reps. Neil Collins (R-District 5) and Justin Bamberg (D-District 90) question whether 'proper standards and protocols' ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Wednesday that he disagreed with calls for an investigation into a firing squad ...

Cop-killer Mikal Mahdi yelled in pain when he was shot inside of the state’s death chamber on April 11. He was executed for ...

The May 2025 firing squad execution of Mikal Deen Mahdi in South Carolina was botched, resulting in a prolonged and painful death, and raising questions about the constitutionality of the method and ...

Two South Carolina legislators have requested an investigation into the state's firing squad execution last month after ...

An upstate lawmaker is calling for an investigation into South Carolina's most recent death penalty case. Mikal Mahdi was executed by firing squad last month, the second time in the state's history.