Marion Bowman Jr. was executed at 6:27 p.m. Bowman, 44, was convicted of murder in the shooting death of a friend whose burned body was found in the trunk of a car.

South Carolina is preparing to execute a third inmate since September following a 13-year pause, due to the state not finding lethal injection drugs. Marion Bowman Jr.'s execution is scheduled for ...

Marion Bowman, Jr. [AP Photo/South Carolina Department of Corrections] Bowman’s was the first US execution of 2025 and the third in South Carolina since 2011, when the state unofficially halted ...

This undated photo shows Marion Bowman Jr. released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections, awaits execution on death row. Credit: AP By The Associated Press Updated January 31, 2025 ...

South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Executive Director Hillary Taylor speaks against the execution of Marion Bowman Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Columbia, S.C.. (AP Photo ...

Ron Kaz protests prior to the scheduled execution of Marion Bowman Jr. outside of a South Carolina Department of Corrections facility, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco) ...

Marion Bowman Jr. was executed at 6:27 p.m ... — South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as it goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals ...