Family of Bowman, 44, plead for death sentence to be commuted as lawyers say ‘the system has failed him’
South Carolina is set to execute Marion Bowman Jr, a 44-year-old man who has maintained his innocence and in his final days became outspoken about the brutal conditions on death row.
The state, which has aggressively revived capital punishment after a 13-year pause, is due to kill Bowman by lethal injection at 6pm local time on Friday. It will be the first execution in the US of the new year.
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