CHARLESTON, S.C. (WBTW) — Convicted double murderer Stephen Stanko wants a federal judge to pause his scheduled Friday execution over perceived civil rights violations. Stanko’s legal team ...

By all accounts, Stephen Stanko is a smooth talker. At 6 feet, 3 inches tall, with a shock of dark hair, Stanko was a striking man in his mid-30s.

Stephen Stanko was convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend as he raped her teenage daughter, then shooting a friend and cleaning out his bank account. He was serving two death sentences at the ...

By all accounts, Stephen Stanko is a smooth talker. At 6 feet, 3 inches tall, with a shock of dark hair, Stanko was a striking man in his mid-30s.

Why Stephen Stanko is facing execution The backstory: Stanko was convicted in two separate murder cases. In one, he killed Henry Turner, a retired librarian who had offered him a place to stay.

Defense attorney Gerald Kelly confers with defendant Stephen Stanko during a pretrial hearing at the Georgetown County Courthouse in Georgetown, S.C., Monday, July 31, 2006. Credit: AP/TOM MURRAY ...

Stephen Stanko’s attorneys said the two doses of lethal injection drugs used in the past three executions by that method show those subjected to the procedure have died a lingering death, still ...

Defense attorney Gerald Kelly confers with defendant Stephen Stanko during a pretrial hearing at the Georgetown County Courthouse in Georgetown, S.C., Monday, July 31, 2006.

The attorney, who represented twice-convicted murderer Stephen Stanko, testified Monday he continues to support his defense theory that the 47-year-old suffers from brain damage that caused him to ...

Stephen Stanko, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. He was executed for shooting a friend and then cleaning out his bank account in Horry County in 2005.