A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s ...

Stephen Stanko, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. local time on Friday, June 13, according to a statement released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC). Stanko had been sentenced ...

Stephen Stanko was convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend as he raped her teenage daughter, then shooting a friend and ...

Stephen Stanko was sentenced to a rare double death penalties for two murders committed near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina ...

Lawyers for a South Carolina death row inmate will be in federal court Wednesday trying to convince a judge that the state is ...

As SC prepares to execute a man by lethal injection, a review of 43 autopsies shows prisoners' lungs full of fluid. A state ...

The South Carolina Department of Correction’s secret lethal injection protocols call for a second, massive dose of deadly ...

This collection of columns examines the debate in South Carolina over methods of execution for death row inmates. The articles discuss the involvement of the Newman family, with Clifton presiding over ...

A federal judge refused to halt the execution of Stephen Stanko, set for Friday, saying his lawyers provided no evidence that ...

Stephen Stanko, 57, died by lethal injection at 6:34 p.m. local time on June 13 Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in ...

A federal judge Wednesday told lawyers for a South Carolina inmate scheduled ... evidence there were problems with the state’s lethal injection process.Federal judge Richard Gergel limited ...

Stanko’s execution marked the sixth execution in South Carolina in nine months. Stanko reportedly was considering dying by firing squad, but chose lethal injection after concerns that volunteers ...