List of individuals executed in South Carolina
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There have been 38 executions in South Carolina since 1985. All were for murder.
| Executed person | Date of execution | Method | Victims | Under Governor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Carl Shaw | 11 January 1985 | electric chair | Tommy Taylor and Carlotta Hartness | Richard Riley |
| 2 | James Terry Roach | 10 January 1986 | electric chair | Tommy Taylor and Carlotta Hartness | Richard Riley |
| 3 | Ronald Rusty Woomer | 27 April 1990[1] | electric chair | Della Louis Sellers | Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. |
| 4 | Donald Henry Gaskins | 6 September 1991[2] | electric chair | Rudolph Tyner | Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. |
| 5 | Sylvester Lewis Adams | 18 August 1995 | lethal injection[3] | Bryan Chambers | David Beasley |
| 6 | Robert South | 31 May 1996 | lethal injection | Daniel Wayne Cogburn | David Beasley |
| 7 | Fred H. Kornahrens III | 19 July 1996 | lethal injection | Patti Jo Avent, Jason Avent, and Harry Wilkerson | David Beasley |
| 8 | Michael Torrence | 6 September 1996 | lethal injection | Dennis Lollis, Charles Bush, and Cynthia Williams | David Beasley |
| 9 | Larry Gene Bell | 4 October 1996 | electric chair | Sharon "Shari" Faye Smith and Debra May Helmick | David Beasley |
| 10 | Doyle Cecil Lucas | 15 November 1996 | lethal injection | Bill Reyfield and Evelyn Reyfield | David Beasley |
| 11 | Frank Middleton, Jr. | 22 November 1996 | lethal injection | Shirley Mae Mack | David Beasley |
| 12 | Michael Eugene Elkins | 12 June 1997 | lethal injection | Patricia Whitt | David Beasley |
| 13 | Earl Matthews, Jr. | 7 November 1997 | lethal injection | Lucia Aimar | David Beasley |
| 14 | John D. Arnold | 6 March 1998 | lethal injection | Betty Gardner | David Beasley |
| 15 | John H. Plath | 10 July 1998 | lethal injection | Betty Gardner | David Beasley |
| 16 | Sammy Roberts | 25 September 1998 | lethal injection | Bill Spain, Kenneth Krause, and Louis Cakley | David Beasley |
| 17 | Larry Gilbert | 4 December 1998 | lethal injection | Ralph Stoudemire | David Beasley |
| 18 | J.D. Gleaton | 4 December 1998 | lethal injection | Ralph Stoudemire | David Beasley |
| 19 | Louis Joe Truesdale, Jr. | 11 December 1998 | lethal injection | Rebecca Ann Eudy | David Beasley |
| 20 | Andrew Lavern Smith | 18 December 1998 | lethal injection | Christy Johnson and Corrie Johnson | David Beasley |
| 21 | Ronnie Howard | 8 January 1999 | lethal injection | Chinh Thi Nguyen Le | David Beasley |
| 22 | Joseph Ernest Atkins | 22 January 1999 | lethal injection | Karen Patterson and Benjamin F. Atkins | Jim Hodges |
| 23 | Leroy Joseph Drayton | 12 November 1999 | lethal injection | Rhonda Darlene Smith | Jim Hodges |
| 24 | David Rocheville | 3 December 1999 | lethal injection | James Todd Green | Jim Hodges |
| 25 | Kevin Dean Young | 3 November 2000 | lethal injection | Dennis Ray Hepler | Jim Hodges |
| 26 | Richard Charles Johnson | 3 March 2002 | lethal injection | Bruce Kenneth Smalls and C. Daniel Swanson | Jim Hodges |
| 27 | Anthony Green | 23 August 2002 | lethal injection | Susan Babich | Jim Hodges |
| 28 | Michael Joseph Passaro | 13 September 2002 | lethal injection | Maggie Passaro | Jim Hodges |
| 29 | David Clayton Hill | 19 March 2004 | lethal injection | Spencer Guerry | Mark Sanford |
| 30 | Jerry Bridwell McWee | 16 April 2004 | lethal injection | John Perry | Mark Sanford |
| 31 | Jason Scott Byram | 23 April 2004 | lethal injection | Julie Johnson | Mark Sanford |
| 32 | James Neil Tucker | 28 May 2004 | electric chair | Rose Lee Dolly Oakley and Shannon Mellon. | Mark Sanford |
| 33 | Richard Longworth | 4 April 2005 | lethal injection | Alex Hopps and James Todd Green | Mark Sanford |
| 34 | Hastings Arthur Wise | 4 November 2005 | lethal injection | Charles Griffeth, David Moore, Leonard Filyaw, and Sheryl Wood | Mark Sanford |
| 35 | Shawn Paul Humphries | 2 December 2005 | lethal injection | Dickie Smith | Mark Sanford |
| 36 | William Ernest Downs, Jr. | 14 July 2006 | lethal injection | Keenan O’Mailia | Mark Sanford |
| 37 | Calvin Alphonso Shuler | 22 June 2007 | lethal injection | James Brooks | Mark Sanford |
| 38 | David Mark Hill [1][2] | 6 June 2008 | lethal injection | James Riddle, Josie Curry, and Michael Gregory | Mark Sanford |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ This was the first execution conducted at Broad River Correctional Institution, and the last execution in the state when electrocution was mandatory.
- ^ Earlier in the year, the General Assembly changed capital punishment rules to allow either lethal injection or electrocution for means of execution.
