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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeffrey Collins

After holiday pause, South Carolina begins scheduling executions again

South Carolina Execution - (South Carolina Department of Corrections)

South Carolina's Supreme Court set a Jan. 31 date for the state's next execution after allowing a pause for the Christmas holidays.

The state is working through a backlog of inmates out of appeals but temporarily spared because prison officials couldn't obtain drugs needed for lethal injection.

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