‘We are not what the state labels us. We are kind, caring, loving people,’ he said in last words before lethal injection
South Carolina has executed 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, killed Bowman by lethal injection on Friday evening. It was be the first execution in the US of the new year.
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