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US Supreme Court rejects likely final appeal of South Carolina inmate a day before his execution

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Marion Bowman Jr.'s final appeal the day before his scheduled execution for a 2001 killing of a friend found dead in her burning car.
Bowman maintained his innocence and refused a plea deal because he did not commit the crime.
Bowman's appeal included claims that his trial attorney had too much sympathy for the victim and was concerned about racial perceptions.
South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty submitted nearly 10,000 petitions to the governor's office asking for the execution to be stopped.

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South Carolina to carry out first US execution of 2025

A South Carolina man convicted of murder is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Friday, the first execution in the United States this year.Marion Bowman Jr, 44, was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder the previous year of Kandee Martin, 21, a high school friend.Martin was shot to death and her body placed in the trunk of her car, which was set on fire.Bowman, who was 20 years old at the time, has acknowledged that he sold d…

22 days ago·United States

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23 days ago·Washington, United States

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Death row inmate opts not to appeal to SC governor for mercy • SC Daily Gazette

South Carolina's execution chamber. (Provided by the SC Department of Corrections)COLUMBIA — Marion Bowman has decided not to seek clemency from South Carolina’s governor, guaranteeing he will face the death chamber Friday night. The death row inmate continues to maintain his innocence. But “he cannot in good conscience ask for a supposed mercy that would require him to spend the rest of his life in prison for a crime he did not commit,” reads a…

23 days ago

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