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Buford's Massacre Site, also known as Buford's Battleground, is a historic site and national historic district located near Lancaster, South Carolina. Two monuments at the site mark the battleground where the Battle of Waxhaws (also known as Buford's massacre) took place. A white monument ten feet tall, erected on June 2, 1860, marked the ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of South Carolina since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia, a total of 46 people have been executed in South Carolina. All of the people executed were convicted of murder.
The Nationwide Gravesite Locator Archived 2019-05-17 at the Wayback Machine contains the names of numerous executed soldiers, many of them listed as being General Prisoners. The U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775–2006 (payment required) contains the names of numerous executed soldiers, many of them listed as being General Prisoners.
In 2021 the General Assembly expanded execution methods to include the electric chair and a firing squad. Including Owens, 32 people sit on death row in South Carolina. Seventeen inmates — or 53 ...
More than 75 years after a major injustice, one small South Carolina town is trying to make amends for its racist past. Batesburg-Leesville is seeking money to dedicate a new park in the name of ...
South Carolina has executed 46 inmates since the death penalty was resumed in the U.S. in 1976. In the early 2000s, the state was carrying out an average of three executions per year. Only nine ...
Pages in category "People executed by the Province of South Carolina by hanging" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Executed people from South Carolina" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.