Judge rules only the governor can grant clemency to death row inmate
A federal judge has rejected the request of a South Carolina man scheduled for execution next week to remove the governor's power to grant clemency and allow someone else to consider his case
McMaster has authority to decide clemency in death row case of Richard Moore, court rules
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has the authority to grant or deny condemned inmate Richard Moore's clemency application, a federal court judge has ruled.
Court: McMaster can be fair in deciding death row inmate's clemency petition
Richard Moore's attorneys sought to delay his Nov. 1 execution, questioning the governor's impartiality because of his former job as attorney general
Judge Rules Only the Governor Can Grant Clemency to a South Carolina Death Row Inmate
A federal judge has rejected the request of a South Carolina man scheduled for execution next week to remove the governor's power to grant clemency and allow someone else to consider his case
SC governor said he wouldn’t pardon a death row inmate. Judge say it’s still his decision
Richard Moore is sentenced to die by lethal injection on Nov. 1 inside the state death chamber in Columbia, South Carolina
SC governor can decide whether to grant death row inmate clemency, judge decides
Gov. Henry McMaster can decide whether to grant clemency in the state’s upcoming execution, a federal judge decided. Ahead of Richard Moore’s execution, scheduled for Nov. 1, his attorneys argued that McMaster could not make a fair decision on whether to commute Moore’s sentence to life in prison — a last resort for
Texas board rejects clemency for man facing execution in shaken baby death
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday rejected a clemency request for a man facing execution over a shaken baby ...
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A Texas board rejects clemency plea from a man facing execution in shaken baby syndrome case
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