No Executions in SC for more than 2 Years

For the second straight year, the Palmetto State had no executions in 2013. It mirrors national trends that have moved away from putting inmates to death. In the December report from the Death Penalty Information Center, statistics show fewer and fewer people are being executed nationwide. Last year, the center says 39 inmates were executed in nine states. That represents a drop of 10% from a year earlier. South Carolina last executed someone in May 2011. There are currently 46 inmates on South Carolina’s death row, all men.