A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months.Stephen Stanko, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.

U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate said he will decide Monday whether to delay Richard Jordan’s execution. The 79- year-old death row inmate’s defense argues that the set method of execution

A man with two death sentences chose lethal injection after attorneys referenced a problematic firing squad case. Lawyers argued for more transparency about the lethal drugs used in executions at Broad River Correctional Institution.