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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeffrey Collins

South Carolina does not set a date for the next execution after requests for a holiday pause

South Carolina Execution - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

South Carolina's Supreme Court has not set a date for the state's next execution after lawyers for four inmates out of appeals asked them to postpone deaths until after Christmas and New Year's.

The justices typically issue notices on Fridays because it gives the maximum amount of time of 28 days to prepare for the execution which by law is to be carried out on the “fourth Friday after the receipt of such notice.”

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