Tiffany Tan

COLUMBIA — Death row inmate Freddie Owens has given one of his attorneys the authority to decide how he should be executed on Sept. 20, court records show.

Death Row inmates are asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to require a 91-day waiting period between executions. The attorney general opposes the request.

The South Carolina Supreme Court set a 35-day interval between executions for Death Row prisoners. They also listed the order for the next five executions.

Jamel Bradley pleaded guilty to two felony charges under a plea deal with state prosecutors. But contrary to the deal, the presiding judge ordered him to register as a sex offender.

A Richland County councilman is concerned about how much money the county might end up spending on legal representation as the county jail navigates a federal probe.

A man who was shot at a local student housing complex on Sept. 9 has died, and investigators are searching for a suspect, according to the Cayce Police Department.

A jury awarded Michael Perry and his spouse $63 million in their lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, but Perry is terminally ill. He fears he will not see money.

The governor has authority to grant clemency, but it's a power that has not been exercised in SC since the U.S. resumed executions nearly half a century ago.

The body was found floating near the Lake Murray dam on Sept. 13 by someone taking a walk in the area, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.

Two men were found dead in a vehicle on the outskirts of Columbia on Sept. 14. A few hours later, a man and a teen were fatally shot in West Columbia.