List of individuals executed in South Carolina
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There have been 36 executions in South Carolina since 1985. All were for murder.
| Executed person | Date of execution | Method | Victims | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Carl Shaw | 11 January 1985 | electric chair | Tommy Taylor and Carlotta Hartness. |
| 2 | James Terry Roach | 10 January 1986 | electric chair | Tommy Taylor and Carlotta Hartness. |
| 3 | Ronald Woomer | 27 April 1990 | electric chair | Della Louis Sellers. This was the last execution to be held at Central Correctional Institute in downtown Columbia. The prison complex, on the banks of the Congaree River, has since closed and been demolished. |
| 4 | Donald Henry Gaskins | 6 September 1991 | electric chair | Rudolph Tyler. Gaskins, known as "Pee Wee" to many, was a notorious serial killer from the 1950s, had killed numerous people, but because of Supreme Court decisions, did not serve his penalty. The murder of Tyler in prison resulted in the death sentence which resulted in use of the electric chair. This was the first execution conducted at Broad River Correctional Institution, and the last execution in the state when electrocution was mandatory. |
| 5 | Sylvester Adams | 18 August 1995 | lethal injection | Bryan Chambers. Earlier in the year, the General Assembly changed capital punishment rules to allow either lethal injection or electrocution for means of execution. |
| 6 | Robert South | 31 May 1996 | lethal injection | Daniel Cogbum. |
| 7 | Fred Kornhrens | 19 July 1996 | lethal injection | Patti Jo Avent, Jason Avent, and Harry Wilkerson. |
| 8 | Michael Torrence | 6 September 1996 | lethal injection | Dennis Lollis, Charles Bush, and Cynthia Williams. |
| 9 | Larry Gene Bell | 4 October 1996 | electric chair | Sherri Fay Smith and Debra Helmick. |
| 10 | Doyle Cecil Lucas | 15 November 1996 | lethal injection | Bill Reyfield and Evelyn Reyfield. |
| 11 | Frank Middleton | 22 November 1996 | lethal injection | Shirley Mae Mack. |
| 12 | Michael Elkins | 12 June 1997 | lethal injection | Patricia Whitt. |
| 13 | Earl Matthews | 7 November 1997 | lethal injection | Lucia Aimar. |
| 14 | John Arnold | 6 March 1998 | lethal injection | Betty Gardner. |
| 15 | John Plath | 10 July 1998 | lethal injection | Betty Gardner. |
| 16 | Sammy Roberts | 25 September 1998 | lethal injection | Bill Spain, Kenneth Krause, and Louis Cakley. |
| 17 | Larry Gilbert | 4 December 1998 | lethal injection | Ralph Stoudemire. |
| 18 | J. D. Gleaton | 4 December 1998 | lethal injection | Ralph Stoudemire. |
| 19 | Louis Truesdale | 11 December 1998 | lethal injection | Rebecca Ann Eudy. |
| 20 | Andrew L. Smith | 18 December 1998 | lethal injection | Christy Johnson and Corrie Johnson. |
| 21 | Ronnie Howard | 8 January 1999 | lethal injection | Chinh Thi Nguyen Le. |
| 22 | Joseph Atkins | 22 January 1999 | lethal injection | Karen Patterson and Benjamin F. Atkins. |
| 23 | Leroy J. Drayton | 12 November 1999 | lethal injection | Rhonda Darlene Smith. |
| 24 | David Rocheville | 3 December 1999 | lethal injection | Todd Green. |
| 25 | Kevin Dean Young | 3 November 2000 | lethal injection | Dennis Ray Hepler. |
| 26 | Richard Charles Johnson | 3 March 2002 | lethal injection | Bruce Kenneth Smalls and C. Daniel Swanson. |
| 27 | Anthony Green | 23 August 2002 | lethal injection | Susan Babich. |
| 28 | Michael Joseph Passaro | 13 September 2002 | lethal injection | Maggie Passaro. |
| 29 | David Clayton Hill | 19 March 2004 | lethal injection | Spencer Guerry. |
| 30 | Jerry Bridwell McWee | 16 April 2004 | lethal injection | John Perry. |
| 31 | Jason Scott Byram | 23 April 2004 | lethal injection | Julie Johnson. |
| 32 | James Neil Tucker | 28 May 2004 | electric chair | Rose Lee Dolly Oakley and Shannon Mellon. |
| 33 | Richard Longworth | 4 April 2005 | lethal injection | Alex Hopps and James Todd Green. |
| 34 | Arthur Hastings Wise | 4 November 2005 | lethal injection | Charles Griffeth, David Moore, Leonard Filyaw, and Sheryl Wood |
| 35 | Shawn Paul Humphries | 2 December 2005 | lethal injection | Dickie Smith |
| 36 | William Downs | 14 July 2006 | lethal injection | Keenan O’Mailia |
