# List of people executed in South Carolina

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of South Carolina since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.
Since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia, a total of 47 people have been executed in South Carolina. All of the people executed were convicted of murder. Of the 47 people executed, 39 were executed via lethal injection, 7 via electrocution, and 1 via firing squad.
Before January 1990, all executions were carried out at the Central Correctional Institution in Columbia. Since January 1990, all subsequent executions have been carried out at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia.

## List of people executed in South Carolina since 1976

| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 1 | Joseph Carl Shaw | White | 29 | M | January 11, 1985 | Richland | Electrocution | Tommy Taylor and Carlotta Hartness | Richard Riley |
| 2 | James Terry Roach | White | 25 | M | January 10, 1986 | Richland | Electrocution | Tommy Taylor and Carlotta Hartness | Richard Riley |
| 3 | Ronald Rusty Woomer | White | 35 | M | April 27, 1990 | Horry | Electrocution | Della Louis Sellers | Carroll Campbell |
| 4 | Donald Henry Gaskins | White | 58 | M | September 6, 1991 | Richland | Electrocution | Rudolph Tyner | Carroll Campbell |
| 5 | Sylvester Lewis Adams | Black | 39 | M | August 18, 1995 | York | Lethal injection | Bryan Chambers | David Beasley |
| 6 | Robert South | White | 51 | M | May 31, 1996 | Lexington | Lethal injection | West Columbia Police Officer Daniel Wayne Cogburn | David Beasley |
| 7 | Fred H. Kornahrens III | White | 47 | M | July 19, 1996 | Charleston | Lethal injection | Patti Jo Kornahrens, Jason Avant, and Harry Wilkerson | David Beasley |
| 8 | Michael Rian Torrence | White | 35 | M | September 6, 1996 | Lexington | Lethal injection | Dennis Lollis, Charles Bush, and Cynthia Williams | David Beasley |
| 9 | Larry Gene Bell | White | 46 | M | October 4, 1996 | Lexington | Electrocution | Sharon "Shari" Faye Smith and Debra May Helmick | David Beasley |
| 10 | Doyle Cecil Lucas | White | 41 | M | November 15, 1996 | York | Lethal injection | Bill Reyfield and Evelyn Reyfield | David Beasley |
| 11 | Frank Middleton Jr. | Black | 33 | M | November 22, 1996 | Charleston | Lethal injection | Shirley Mae Mack and Janell M. Garner | David Beasley |
| 12 | Michael Eugene Elkins | White | 41 | M | June 13, 1997 | Jasper | Lethal injection | Patricia Whitt | David Beasley |
| 13 | Earl Matthews Jr. | Black | 32 | M | November 7, 1997 | Charleston | Lethal injection | Lucia Aimar | David Beasley |
| 14 | John David Arnold Jr. | White | 43 | M | March 6, 1998 | Beaufort | Lethal injection | Betty Gardner | David Beasley |
| 15 | John Herman Plath | White | 43 | M | July 10, 1998 | Beaufort | Lethal injection | Betty Gardner | David Beasley |
| 16 | Sammy Roberts | White | 40 | M | September 25, 1998 | Berkeley | Lethal injection | Bill Spain, Kenneth Krause, and Louis Cakley | David Beasley |
| 17 | Larry Gilbert | Black | 43 | M | December 4, 1998 | Lexington | Lethal injection | Ralph Stoudemire | David Beasley |
| 18 | J.D. Gleaton | Black | 53 | M | December 4, 1998 | Lexington | Lethal injection | Ralph Stoudemire | David Beasley |
| 19 | Louis Joe Truesdale Jr. | Black | 40 | M | December 11, 1998 | Lancaster | Lethal injection | Rebecca Ann Eudy | David Beasley |
| 20 | Andrew Lavern Smith | Black | 38 | M | December 18, 1998 | Anderson | Lethal injection | Christy Johnson and Corrie Johnson | David Beasley |
| 21 | Ronnie Howard | Black | 40 | M | January 8, 1999 | Greenville | Lethal injection | Chinh Thi Nguyen Le | David Beasley |
| 22 | Joseph Ernest Atkins | Native American | 51 | M | January 22, 1999 | Charleston | Lethal injection | Karen Patterson and Benjamin F. Atkins | Jim Hodges |
| 23 | Leroy Joseph Drayton | Black | 44 | M | November 12, 1999 | Charleston | Lethal injection | Rhonda Darlene Smith | Jim Hodges |
| 24 | David Rocheville | White | 31 | M | December 3, 1999 | Spartanburg | Lethal injection | Alex Hopps and James Todd Green | Jim Hodges |
| 25 | Kevin Dean Young | Black | 32 | M | November 3, 2000 | Anderson | Lethal injection | Dennis Ray Hepler | Jim Hodges |
| 26 | Richard Charles Johnson | White | 39 | M | May 3, 2002 | Jasper | Lethal injection | C. Daniel Swanson and Bruce Kenneth Smalls | Jim Hodges |
| 27 | Anthony Green | Black | 37 | M | August 23, 2002 | Charleston | Lethal injection | Susan Babich | Jim Hodges |
| 28 | Michael Joseph Passaro | White | 40 | M | September 13, 2002 | Horry | Lethal injection | Maggie Passaro | Jim Hodges |
| 29 | David Clayton Hill | White | 39 | M | March 19, 2004 | Georgetown | Lethal injection | Georgetown Police Officer Spencer Guerry | Mark Sanford |
| 30 | Jerry Bridwell McWee | White | 51 | M | April 16, 2004 | Aiken | Lethal injection | John Perry | Mark Sanford |
| 31 | Jason Scott Byram | White | 38 | M | April 23, 2004 | Richland | Lethal injection | Julie Johnson | Mark Sanford |
| 32 | James Neil Tucker | White | 47 | M | May 28, 2004 | Calhoun | Electrocution | Rosa Lee Dolly Oakley and Shannon Mellon | Mark Sanford |
| 33 | Richard Longworth | White | 36 | M | April 15, 2005 | Spartanburg | Lethal injection | Alex Hopps and James Todd Green | Mark Sanford |
| 34 | Hastings Arthur Wise | Black | 51 | M | November 4, 2005 | Aiken | Lethal injection | 4 murder victims | Mark Sanford |
| 35 | Shawn Paul Humphries | White | 33 | M | December 2, 2005 | Greenville | Lethal injection | Dickie Smith | Mark Sanford |
| 36 | William Ernest Downs Jr. | White | 39 | M | July 14, 2006 | Aiken | Lethal injection | Keenan O'Mailia | Mark Sanford |
| 37 | Calvin Alphonso Shuler | Black | 40 | M | June 22, 2007 | Dorchester | Lethal injection | James Brooks | Mark Sanford |
| 38 | David Mark Hill | White | 48 | M | June 6, 2008 | Aiken | Lethal injection | James Riddle, Josie Curry, and Michael Gregory | Mark Sanford |
| 39 | James Earl Reed | Black | 49 | M | June 20, 2008 | Charleston | Electrocution | Barbara Lafayette and Joseph Lafayette | Mark Sanford |
| 40 | Joseph Martin Luther Gardner | Black | 38 | M | December 5, 2008 | Dorchester | Lethal injection | Melissa McLauchlin | Mark Sanford |
| 41 | Luke A. Williams | White | 56 | M | February 20, 2009 | Edgefield | Lethal injection | Linda Williams and Shaun Williams | Mark Sanford |
| 42 | Thomas Treshawn Ivey | Black | 34 | M | May 8, 2009 | Orangeburg | Lethal injection | Robert Montgomery and Sgt. Tommy Harrison | Mark Sanford |
| 43 | Jeffrey Brian Motts | White | 36 | M | May 6, 2011 | Greenville | Lethal injection | Charles Douglas Martin | Nikki Haley |
| 44 | Freddie Eugene Owens | Black | 46 | M | September 20, 2024 | Greenville | Lethal injection | Irene Grainger Graves | Henry McMaster |
| 45 | Richard Bernard Moore | Black | 59 | M | November 1, 2024 | Spartanburg | Lethal injection | James Mahoney | Henry McMaster |
| 46 | Marion Bowman Jr. | Black | 44 | M | January 31, 2025 | Dorchester | Lethal injection | Kandee Louise Martin | Henry McMaster |
| 47 | Brad Keith Sigmon | White | 67 | M | March 7, 2025 | Greenville | Firing squad | William David Larke and Gladys Gwendolyn Larke | Henry McMaster |

## Demographics

Race :
| White | 27 | 57% |
| Black | 19 | 41% |
| Native American | 1 | 2% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 2 | 4% |
| 30–39 | 18 | 38% |
| 40–49 | 18 | 38% |
| 50–59 | 8 | 17% |
| 60–69 | 1 | 2% |
| Sex |||
| Male | 47 | 100% |
| Date of execution |||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 2 | 4% |
| 1990–1999 | 22 | 47% |
| 2000–2009 | 18 | 38% |
| 2010–2019 | 1 | 2% |
| 2020–2029 | 4 | 9% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 39 | 83% |
| Electrocution | 7 | 15% |
| Firing squad | 1 | 2% |
| Governor (Party) |||
| James B. Edwards (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Richard Riley (D) | 2 | 4% |
| Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R) | 2 | 4% |
| David Beasley (R) | 17 | 36% |
| Jim Hodges (D) | 7 | 15% |
| Mark Sanford (R) | 14 | 30% |
| Nikki Haley (R) | 1 | 2% |
| Henry McMaster (R) | 4 | 9% |
| Total | 47 | 100% |