
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. His execution is part of South Carolina’s effort to clear a backlog of prisoners who exhausted…