Marion Bowman, South Carolina

Marion Bowman executed in South Carolina for young woman's 2001 murder: 'I'm innocent'
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.
South Carolina executes Marion Bowman, Jr.: “I’m innocent of the crimes I’m here to die for”
Bowman’s execution was the third carried out in South Carolina since 2011, when the state unofficially halted executions as pharmaceutical companies stopped supplying lethal injection drugs, fearing public concern over suffering of those executed.
Death Row Inmate Marion Bowman, Who Refused Plea Deal, to Be Executed
Bowman is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Friday at a Columbia, South Carolina prison for the killing of 21-year-old Kandee Martin.
Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be executed in South Carolina today. What to know.
Bowman was sentenced to death for the Feb. 16, 2001, shooting death of 21-year-old Kandee Martin five days before her son's second birthday.
Death row inmate Marion Bowman Jr. maintains innocence as SC prepares to execute him
Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old inmate, is scheduled to be executed Friday night, marking the first execution in South Carolina this year. Bowman, a native of
SC inmate Marion Bowman dies by lethal injection, becomes nation's first prisoner executed in 2025
Marion Bowman Jr. dies Jan. 31, becomes third man put to death since South Carolina resumed executions. He was convicted of killing young mother Kandee Martin.
South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s third execution since September
South Carolina is preparing to execute the third inmate to be put to death since September as the state goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn't find lethal injection drugs.
Marion Bowman Jr. dies by lethal injection in first U.S. execution of 2025
South Carolina's Marion Bowman Jr. became first person executed in the United States in 2025 on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to hear his case.
Convicted killer Marion Bowman executed, maintained innocence until his final breath
Convicted killer Marion Bowman was put to death Friday night. The 44-year-old's execution started at 6:04 pm. Bowman was pronounced dead at 6:27 pm. Witnesses s
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A note to those preparing to help South Carolina murder Marion Bowman Jr. on Friday | Opinion
Issac Bailey has a message for the South Carolina Department of Corrections employees who will execute Bowman: It’s a premeditated and unnecessary killing.
Alert: South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s third execution since September
South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s third execution since September.
Bowman becomes first inmate executed in 2025
On Friday, Jan. 31, the state of South Carolina executed Marion Bowman by lethal injection for the 2001 shooting death of ...
‘If I can’t save his life, maybe he’s the last one': Group advocates for Marion Bowman
An anti-death penalty group is holding a vigil for a Lowcountry man who is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Jan. 31.