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Name: Ivey, Thomas T. |
| DOB: 05/27/1974 | |
| County: Orangeburg | |
| Crime: Murdered Columbia businessman Robert Montgomery Jan. 13, 1993, and two days later murdered Orangeburg Sgt. Tommy Harrison. | |
| Executed: Was put to death by lethal injection. Pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. on Friday, May 8, 2009. | |
| Last Meal: None. | |
| Final Statement: Did not make a statement. |
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Name: Williams, Luke |
| DOB: 08/14/1952 | |
| County: Edgefield | |
| Crime: Beat his 39-year-old wife to death and strangled 12-year old son then set their bodies on fire inside the family van in Sumter National Forest for $525,000 in insurance money in June 1991 | |
| Executed: By lethal injection Feb. 20, 2009. | |
| Last Meal: Fried chicken, steak, a baked potato with sour cream and butter, tossed salad, cranberry sauce, peach cobbler, fried turkey and ketchup. | |
| Final Statement: No final statement. |
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Name: Gardner, Joseph M.L. |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Dorchester | |
| Crime: Raped, tortured and shot Melissa Ann McLaughlan, 25, five times in the face on Dec. 13, 1995, in North Charleston. | |
| Executed: 12/05/2008 at 06:15 p.m. by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Declined. | |
| Final Statement: "I would like to apologize to the family and loved ones of Melissa McLauchlin for taking her from them and causing them so much pain. I was 22 years old then, and I am 38 now. While I have always been sorry for what I did, the passage of time has allowed me to mature, reflect and experience spiritual growth in ways that were foreign to me as a young man. I have repented for what I have done, and I am very grateful to the many people who have prayed with me and for me over the years and in my final days. I deeply regret that my actions deprived Ms. McLauchlin of the chance to marry, have children and experience life with God. I have spent years praying for her, and I encourage all people of faith to do the same." |
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Name: Reed, James Earl |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Charleston | |
| Crime: Murdered Joseph and Barbara Lafayette, ex-girlfriend's parents, in their Charleston County home June 9, 1996 | |
| Executed: 06/20/2008 at 11:27 p.m. by electrocution | |
| Last Meal: None | |
| Final Statement: None |
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Name: Hill, David Mark |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Aiken | |
| Crime: Hill shot to death his family's caseworker and two other employees of the Aiken County Department of Social Services North Augusta on Sept. 16, 1996 after losing custody of his children. | |
| Executed: 06/06/2008 at 06:17 p.m. by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Meatloaf, corn on the cob, garlic bread, a beef burrito, a Mexican pizza, a taco, cake, ice cream, garden salad with tomatoes and ranch dressing, and Pepsi. | |
| Final Statement: "I sincerely apologize to the families of Josie Curry, Michael Gregory, and James Riddle. I am very sorry for the pain that my actions caused to them. Hopefully, my decision to have this sentence carried out, without delay, will help you understand the sincerity of my apology, and will provide you with some closure. To those of you who have expressed forgiveness to me, I thank you. For those of you who have been unable or unwilling to forgive me, I pray that today will provide you with the peace you deserve." |
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Name: Shuler, Calvin Alphonso |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Dorchester | |
| Crime: Shuler, a former employee of Anderson Armored Car Service, shot armored car driver James "J.B." Brooks during a routine stop at a Harleyville bank on Dec. 3, 1997. | |
| Executed: 06/22/2007 at 06:17 p.m. by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: T-bone steak, well done with A-1 Steak sauce, baked potato, French fries, grape drink and chocolate cake. | |
| Final Statement: None. |
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Name: Downs Jr., William E. |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Aiken | |
| Crime: Raped and strangled 6-year-old Keenan O'Mailia April 17, 1999 in North Augusta. Also killed a 10-year-old in Georgia. | |
| Executed: 07/14/2006 at 06:17 p.m. by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Salted cashew nuts, instant French roast coffee, chocolate chip cookie dough, moose tracks ice cream and three Mr. Goodbar candy bars. | |
| Final Statement: None. |
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Name: Humphries, Shawn Paul |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Greenville | |
| Crime: Humphries shot Max-Saver convenience store owner Dickie Smith Jan. 1, 1994 in Simpsonville. | |
| Executed: 12/02/2005 at 06:18 p.m. by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: A McDonald's hamburger, French fries, broccoli and cheese, oat cereal, and a Dr. Pepper. | |
| Final Statement: One and a half page statement read by Humphries attorney Teresa Norris said in part "I hope that my execution brings the Smith family some peace. But now I want to say something to everyone who supports this or any execution. We are all sinners, so what gives you the right as a sinner to take away a gift that God gave?" As the execution began, Humphries mouthed “I’m sorry” and looked at the victim’s sisters Kathy Smith Carpenter and Carol Smith Cooley. Witnesses said a tear rolled down Humphries' cheek after Carpenter nodded. |
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Name: Wise, Hastings Arthur |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Aiken | |
| Crime: Wise worked at Aiken Lawn Mower Ignition Plant for four years but was fired after a confrontation with a supervisor. He returned to the plant weeks later and killed four of his former co-workers on Sept. 17, 1997. | |
| Executed: 11/04/2005 at 06:18 p.m. by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Lobster tail, French fries, cole slaw, banana pudding and milk. | |
| Final Statement: None. |
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Name: Longworth, Richard |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Spartanburg | |
| Crime: Longworth and co-defendant David Rocheville went to WestGate Mall movie theater in Spartanburg where they used to work and shot workers Alex Hopps, an usher and University of South Carolina student, and Todd Green, the manager, on Jan. 7, 1991. Rocheville was executed in 1999. | |
| Executed: 04/15/2005 at 06:14 p.m. by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: A hamburger, French fries and chocolate milkshake. | |
| Final Statement: Statement read by attorney David Belser, Longworth said he would not ask the families of Alex Hopps and Todd Green for forgiveness, because he knew it wouldn't be granted. I am morally and legally responsible for what happened. I hope they also know how deeply, truly sorry I am for what I have done. I hope my death brings them the peace they deserve. |
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Name: Tucker, James Neil |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Calhoun/Sumter | |
| Crime: On June 25, 1992, Tucker shot Rosa Lee Dolly Oakley twice in the head at close range and stole $14 from her purse. Sometime during the next few days he shot Shannon Mellon in her Calhoun County home. | |
| Executed: 05/28/2004 at 06:11 p.m. by electrocution | |
| Last Meal: Pizza, Mountain Dew and two bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches. | |
| Final Statement: Tucker's attorney, Teresa Norris of Columbia, read his final statement. "To everyone, I have thought of a million things to say, but they can all be summed up like this. To those I have harmed, my abject apologies and regrets. I am ashamed. To those who must remain and deal with this insane world, my condolences. But be of good cheer. Christ has overcome the world! I know that my redeemer lives. I am leaving this world with a cheerful attitude. Hallelujah." |
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Name: Byram, Jason Scott |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Richland | |
| Crime: Byram stabbed Julie Johnson, an elementary school teacher of emotionally handicapped children, on May 23, 1993, in her Columbia home. | |
| Executed: 04/23/2004 at 06:15 p.m. by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, collard greens, corn bread, banana pudding, cherry cheesecake, apple cobbler and sweet iced tea. | |
| Final Statement: Byram's attorney Jay Elliott read Byram’s statement: "While I maintain my innocence, I do want to express my condolences to the family of Mrs. Johnson, and I fully understand they only seek justice for their daughter." Byram also said the S.C. Department of Corrections treated him well. The statement quoted John 3:16 and ended with, "I believe." |
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Name: McWee, Jerry Bridwell |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Aiken | |
| Crime: A former police officer, McWee shot convenience store clerk John Perry twice in the head and stole $350 from the cash register in Aiken County on July 6, 1991. | |
| Executed: 04/16/2004 at 06:18 p.m. by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Steak, jumbo fried shrimp, broccoli with cheese, French fries, lemon meringue pie and iced tea. | |
| Final Statement: Lawyer read a statement: "I only wished that things could have been different, I would give anything if only that could have been the case." |
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Name: Hill, David Clayton |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Georgetown | |
| Crime: Hill shot Georgetown Deputy Police Chief Spencer Guerry during a traffic stop on March 7,1994. | |
| Executed: 03/19/2004 at 06:17 p.m. by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: His request for a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne was denied. | |
| Final Statement: None |
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Name: Passaro, Michael Joseph |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Horry | |
| Crime: Passaro killed his 2-year-old daughter Maggie by dousing the family minivan with gasoline and setting it on fire in front of his estranged wife's Myrtle Beach condominium on Nov. 23, 1998. | |
| Executed: 11/13/2002 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: None | |
| Final Statement: Passaro told his mother and sister he loved them and blew them kisses. |
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Name: Green, Anthony |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Charleston | |
| Crime: Green shot Susan Babich in the head with a rifle as she got into her car in the rear lot of the Charles Towne Square Shopping Mall in Charleston and stole her pocketbook on Nov. 21, 1987. | |
| Executed: 08/23/2002 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: None. | |
| Final Statement: None. |
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Name: Johnson, Richard Charles |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Jasper | |
| Crime: On Sept. 26, 1985, Johnson shot Dan Swanson, who had picked up the hitchhiking Johnson in a recreational vehicle, and then the next day, shot Highway Patrolman Bruce Smalls six times when Smalls stopped him for erratic driving. | |
| Executed: 05/03/2002 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Fried shrimp, fried oysters, French fries, chocolate cake and iced tea. | |
| Final Statement: Johnson's lawyer, John Blume, read a handwritten statement by Johnson to the witnesses: "I would like to thank Trooper Smalls' mother, Thelma Blue, and other members of the Smalls' family who asked the governor to commute my sentence. If everyone in the world had the courage and compassion they have shown, it would be a much better place. Keep up the fight against the death penalty." |
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Name: Young, Kevin Dean |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Anderson | |
| Crime: Young was sentenced to death twice, first in 1989 and second in 1993 for the Aug. 31, 1988 shooting death of 35-year-old Dennis Ray Hepler, an Anderson elementary school principal. Young stole Hepler’s wallet containing $67. | |
| Executed: 11/03/2000 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: None. | |
| Final Statement: Young's attorney read a statement: "If I said I was sorry, few if any would believe me, so I am not going dwell on that issue. I asked God, Allah, to forgive me, not man." |
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Name: Rocheville, David |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Spartanburg | |
| Crime: Rocheville and co-defendant Richard Longworth went to WestGate Mall movie theater in Spartanburg where they used to work and shot workers Alex Hopps, an usher and University of South Carolina student, and Todd Green, the manager, on Jan. 7, 1991. | |
| Executed: 12/03/1999 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Not available |
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Name: Drayton, Leroy J. |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Charleston | |
| Crime: Drayton shot Rhonda Darlene Smith near an abandoned coal trestle on Feb. 11, 1984. Smith worked at the Kaye gas station. Prosecutors said Drayton robbed the store of more than $300 and kidnapped Smith. Drayton told police Smith stole the money and gave it to him and that she went with him to the coal trestle voluntarily. He said he accidentally shot her when he tripped and his .357-caliber pistol fired, hitting Smith in the forehead. | |
| Executed: 11/12/1999 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: None. | |
| Final Statement: None. |
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Name: Atkins, Joseph |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Charleston | |
| Crime: Atkins was released from prison in 1980 after serving a 10-year sentence for murdering his half-brother. On Oct. 27, 1985, he broke into a neighbor’s home in North Charleston armed with a machete, a sawed off shotgun and a pistol. He shot 13-year-old Karen Patterson with the shotgun as she slept in her bedroom and then later that evening, murdered his adopted father, Benjamin Atkins, 75. | |
| Executed: 01/22/1999 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: None. | |
| Final Statement: None. |
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Name: Howard, Ronnie |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Greenville | |
| Crime: Ronnie Howard and another man put a plastic bag over the head of Chinh Thi Nguyen Le, a 34-year-old Vietnamese refugee and mother of three, while they were stealing her car. Le's naked body was found several weeks later. | |
| Executed: 01/08/1999 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: None. | |
| Final Statement: None. |
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Name: Smith, Andrew L. |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Anderson | |
| Crime: Smith stabbed 86-year-old Christy Johnson and his 82-year-old wife, Corrie Johnson, in Pendleton after the couple refused to lend him their car. Christy Johnson, Smith's former landlord, was stabbed 26 times with a butcher's knife, and his wife, Smith's second cousin, was stabbed 17 times. Christy Johnson's wallet was taken, along with the couple's car. Smith was indicted but not tried in two other murders and a chief suspect in two others. | |
| Executed: 12/18/1998 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Not available |
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Name: Truesdale, Louis |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Lancaster | |
| Crime: Truesdale murdered Rebecca Eudy, 19, of Heath Springs on April 5, 1980 after kidnapping her from a grocery store parking lot. | |
| Executed: 12/11/1998 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: John Blume, Truesdale's lawyer, read a statement apologizing to his family and Eudy's family. "I'm particularly sad that I have never been able to be a father to my son." |
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Name: Gleaton, J.D. |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Lexington | |
| Crime: Half brothers J.D. Gleaton and Larry Gilbert shot and stabbed gas station owner Ralph Stoudemire during a robbery on July 12, 1977. Gleaton stabbed the 44-year-old Stoudemire five times, including once in the heart. Gilbert shot him. | |
| Executed: 12/04/1998 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Not available |
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Name: Gilbert, Larry |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Lexington | |
| Crime: Half brothers J.D. Gleaton and Larry Gilbert shot and stabbed gas station owner Ralph Stoudemire during a robbery on July 12, 1977. Gleaton stabbed the 44-year-old Stoudemire five times, including once in the heart. Gilbert shot him. | |
| Executed: 12/04/1998 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Not available |
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Name: Roberts, Sammy |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Berkeley | |
| Crime: Roberts shot service station attendants Bill Spain, Kenneth Krause and Louis Cakley. They were all robbed then driven to wooded areas where they were shot to death June 19, 1980. The robberies netted about $1,500. | |
| Executed: 07/10/1998 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Not available |
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Name: Plath, John |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Beaufort | |
| Crime: In the early morning hours of April 12, 1978, cousins John Arnold and John Plath, in their early twenties, along with their respective eleven-year-old and seventeen-year-old girlfriends, Carol Ullman and Cindy Sheets, borrowed a friend's car and went looking for wild mushrooms in Beaufort County. They encountered farm worker Betty Gardner as she walked along the side of the road. Gardner was alternately sexually assaulted, urinated on, stomped, beaten with a belt, hit with a jagged bottle, stabbed with a knife, and choked with a garden hose. All four persons at one time or another participated in physically assaulting Gardner. Testimony also indicated Arnold dragged Gardner into the woods to complete her murder, which he did by strangling her with the garden hose, getting leverage by putting his foot on her. | |
| Executed: 07/10/1998 by lethal injection. | |
| Last Meal: None. | |
| Final Statement: None. |
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Name: Arnold, John |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Beaufort | |
| Crime: In the early morning hours of April 12, 1978, cousins John Arnold and John Plath, in their early twenties, along with their respective eleven-year-old and seventeen-year-old girlfriends, Carol Ullman and Cindy Sheets, borrowed a friend's car and went looking for wild mushrooms in Beaufort County. They encountered farm worker Betty Gardner as she walked along the side of the road. Gardner was alternately sexually assaulted, urinated on, stomped, beaten with a belt, hit with a jagged bottle, stabbed with a knife, and choked with a garden hose. All four persons at one time or another participated in physically assaulting Gardner. Testimony also indicated Arnold dragged Gardner into the woods to complete her murder, which he did by strangling her with the garden hose, getting leverage by putting his foot on her. | |
| Executed: 03/06/1998 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Not available |
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Name: Matthews, Earl |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Charleston | |
| Crime: On the evening of Oct. 29, 1984, Lucia Aimar and her boyfriend, Eric Burn, bought dinner at a drive-through restaurant in Charleston and while eating in the parking lot, Matthews pulled out a handgun, pointed it at Burn's head, and demanded money. While Burn was searching for money, Matthews struck Burn across the face, breaking his nose. After Burn found $5 dollars in Aimar's purse, Burn handed the purse to Matthews. Matthews shot Aimar in the head and shot Burn in the chest. Burn survived. | |
| Executed: 11/07/1997 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Not available |
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Name: Elkins, Michael |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Jasper | |
| Crime: He was convicted of killing Patricia Whitt, 59, of Largo, Fla., on July 9, 1990, after she stopped to help him and another man who feigned car trouble along Interstate 95 near the Georgia state line. | |
| Executed: 06/12/1997 at 12:58 a.m. by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Not available |
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Name: Middleton, Frank |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Charleston | |
| Crime: In 1984, Middleton escaped from a prison work crew and murdered Janell Garner and Shirley Mack. Sentenced to die for murdering and raping Mack, a night-shift cook, as she was walking home in Charleston. | |
| Executed: 11/22/1996 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Not available |
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Name: Lucas, Doyle Cecil |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: York | |
| Crime: Lucas, 41, murdered Bill Reyfield and Evelyn Reyfield in 1983 in Rock Hill during a burglary. | |
| Executed: 11/15/1996 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: He criticized the state for bringing itself down to a level of the people who have, themselves, killed. |
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Name: Bell, Larry Gene |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Lexington | |
| Crime: Bell kidnapped 17-year-old Sharon "Shari" Faye Smith at gunpoint from the end of her driveway in Lexington County on May 31, 1985. Her car was found running, with the door open. Her body was later found in Saluda County. He then kidnapped nine-year-old Debra May Helmick near Old Percival Road in Richland County. He forced Smith to write a will and he taunted her parents with telephone calls. | |
| Executed: 10/04/1996 by electrocution | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Not available |
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Name: Torrence, Michael |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Lexington | |
| Crime: Torrence killed Dennis Lollis and Charles Bush in the Midlands in a robbery in 1987, and Cynthia Williams, a Charleston prostitute who he said was his girlfriend, a month later. He stabbed Lollis as many as 19 times and choked Bush with a dog chain. | |
| Executed: 07/19/1996 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: None. | |
| Final Statement: None. |
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Name: Kornahrens, Fred |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Charleston | |
| Crime: On the morning of Feb. 9, 1985, Kornahrens killed his ex-wife, her elderly father, and her boyfriend's 10-year-old in Younges Island as Patti Jo Kornahrens returned home from a night out with her boyfriend John Avant, and Avant's son Jason. | |
| Executed: 07/19/1996 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Not available |
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Name: South, Robert |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Lexington | |
| Crime: Daniel Cogburn, a West Columbia rookie police officer, was writing a ticket in his squad car April 12, 1983 when South, who had no prior record, shot him from a passing pickup truck. It was later found South had a brain tumor pressing on his hypothalmus. He was granted a new sentencing hearing but then waived all his appeals and asked to be executed. | |
| Executed: 05/31/1996 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Final words: To his lawyer Teresa Norris he said, "I'll see you when I see you." |
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Name: Adams, Sylvester |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: York | |
| Crime: Adams kidnapped and strangled a 16-year-old neighbor, Bryan Chambers in York County in 1979 after he broke into the Chambers house looking for money. | |
| Executed: 08/18/1995 by lethal injection | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Strapped to a gurney in the death house, Adams said, "I am the happiest man in the world. I'm not afraid to die. I'm not crazy" and then said "Jesus, your baby is coming home. I love you. I love you, Lord." |
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Name: Gaskins, Donald |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Richland | |
| Crime: Donald Gaskins killed his first victim when he was 19, in a jailhouse stabbing that got him sentenced to nine years for manslaughter. In 1982 he was in prison again serving life sentences for nine murders when he murdered Rudolph Tyner, a death row inmate, at the behest of the son of the woman Tyner was convicted of killing. A maintenance trusty housed next door to Death Row, Gaskins had free access to condemned inmates, mending broken pipes, toilets, light fixtures. He killed Tyner with a bomb on Sept. 12, 1982. | |
| Executed: 11/06/1991 at 01:05 a.m. by electrocution | |
| Last Meal: None. | |
| Final Statement: None. |
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Name: Woomer, Ronald |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Horry/Colleton | |
| Crime: Murdered four people, but received the death penalty for one: convenience store clerk Della Louis Sellers. On Feb. 21, 1979, he and Eugene Skaar shot Cottageville rare coin collector, John Turner, 67, in the head and stole his coins. They drove to a neighboring community and forced their way into the home of Arnie Richardson. Woomer shot Richardson, 27, in the head, killing him, and then killed his 35-year-old mentally handicapped sister-in-law, Earldean Wright, to silence her. Later that day, the two kidnapped Sellers, 34, and Wanda Summers, 24, from a convenience store on Pawleys Island, where the women worked. Both were raped and shot. Sellers died and Summers survived but lost half her face to a shotgun blast. Skaar killed himself to avoid capture. | |
| Executed: 04/27/1990 at 01:05 a.m. by electrocution | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: "I'm sorry. I claim Jesus Christ as my Savior. I only wish everyone could feel the love I feel for Him." |
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Name: Roach, James Terry |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Richland | |
| Crime: Roach and Joseph Carl Shaw murdered a teenaged couple, Thomas Scofield Taylor, 17, and Carlotta Hartness, 14. | |
| Executed: 01/10/1986 by electrocution | |
| Last Meal: Not available | |
| Final Statement: Not available |
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Name: Shaw, Joseph Carl |
| DOB: Unknown. | |
| County: Richland | |
| Crime: Shaw and James Terry Roach, 17, murdered three people in Columbia. The first victim was a fellow serviceman's wife, Betty Swank, who was raped and then killed. The other two victims were a teenaged couple, Thomas Scofield Taylor, 17, and Carlotta Hartness, 14. Carlotta Hartness was raped repeatedly before being killed. Shaw allegedly returned to the scene of the crime over a period of several days to have sex with the corpse. | |
| Executed: 01/11/1985 by electrocution | |
| Last Meal: None. | |
| Final Statement: None. |