The state executed Bowman for the 2001 murder of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, a young mother who was killed five days before her son's second birthday.

Bowman maintained his innocence since his arrest and started his final statement with “I did not kill Kandee Martin.” His lawyers said he was convicted on the word of several friends and relatives who ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster denied clemency for the man set to be executed Friday night for a 2001 Dorchester County murder.