A South Carolina man convicted of murdering a high school friend was put to death by lethal injection on Friday in the first execution in the United States this year.
South Carolina's Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be the first person executed this year on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to hear his case.
Young mother Kandee Martin had told her she hoped to move away from her small town roots and secure a steady job allowing her to provide for her toddler. She wished one day to find a man who loved ...
South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP Bowman, now 44, was convicted of murder and third-degree arson in 2002. He was accused of fatally shooting Kandee Martin, who he had met in high school.
Marion Bowman maintains his innocence as he faces execution for the 2001 murder of Kandee Martin, despite claims of wrongful conviction and racial bias.