South Carolina court rejects final appeal of death sentence in mother’s drunken brain damage

South Carolina court rejects final appeal of death sentence in mother’s drunken brain damage

South Carolina’s highest court has refused to stay the execution of a man who killed three people more than 20 years ago and left taunting messages for police in the blood of one of his victims. Stephen Bryant, 44, is expected to die Friday at 6 p.m. by shooting himself at a prison in Columbia. … Read more