South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death

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.
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. 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.
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.
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
First US execution of 2025: South Carolina inmate Marion Bowman Jr. dies by lethal injection
South Carolina carried out its third execution in four months on Friday, putting to death Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old inmate convicted of murder. Bowman was pronounced dead at 6:27 p.m. following a lethal injection at the state prison.
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.
South Carolina death row prisoner Marion Bowman has oysters as part of sprawling final meal
South Carolina has executed their first death row prisoner this year, Marion Bowman Jr., who has been in prison since 2002 after being found guilty of killing a friend - though Bowman maintained he wa
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.
South Carolina executes third inmate in months as state clears backlog
South Carolina executed Marion Bowman Jr., its third execution since September. Bowman, convicted of a 2001 murder, maintained his innocence until death.
South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won’t ask for clemency
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled ...
Federal court says Marion Bowman can't know more about drugs used to kill him as ACLU fights shield law
A federal court rejected another attempt at halting a South Carolina execution. Marion Bowman Jr. was convicted 24 years ago ...