The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of South Carolina since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.

Since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia, a total of 50 people have been executed in South Carolina. All of the people executed were convicted of murder. Of the 50 people executed, 40 were executed via lethal injection, 7 via electrocution, and 3 via firing squad.

From 1912 to 1986, executions were carried out at the Central Correctional Institution in Columbia. From 1990 onwards, executions occur at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia.

List of people executed in South Carolina since 1976 Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Method Victim(s) Governor 1 White 29 M January 11, 1985RichlandElectrocutionTommy Taylor and Carlotta HartnessRichard Riley 2 White 25 M January 10, 1986 3 White 35 M April 27, 1990 Horry Della Louis SellersCarroll Campbell 4 White 58 M September 6, 1991 Richland Rudolph Tyner 5 Black 39 M August 18, 1995 YorkLethal injection Bryan ChambersDavid Beasley 6 White 51 M May 31, 1996 Lexington West Columbia Police Officer Daniel Wayne Cogburn 7 White 47 M July 19, 1996 Charleston Patti Jo Kornahrens, Jason Avant, and Harry Wilkerson 8 White 35 M September 6, 1996Lexington Dennis Lollis, Charles Bush, and Cynthia Williams 9 White 46 M October 4, 1996 Electrocution Sharon "Shari" Faye Smith and Debra May Helmick 10 White 41 M November 15, 1996 YorkLethal injection Bill Reyfield and Evelyn Reyfield 11 Black 33 M November 22, 1996 Charleston Shirley Mae Mack and Janell M. Garner 12 White 41 M June 13, 1997 Jasper Patricia Whitt 13 Black 32 M November 7, 1997 Charleston Lucia Aimar 14 White 43 M March 6, 1998BeaufortBetty Jean Atkins Gardner 15 White 43 M July 10, 1998 16 White 40 M September 25, 1998 Berkeley Bill Spain, Kenneth Krause, and Louis Cakley 17 Black 43 MDecember 4, 1998LexingtonRalph Stoudemire 18 Black 53 M 19 Black 40 M December 11, 1998 Lancaster Rebecca Ann Eudy 20 Black 38 M December 18, 1998 Anderson Christy Johnson and Corrie Johnson 21 Black 40 M January 8, 1999 Greenville Chinh Thi Nguyen Le 22 Native American 51 M January 22, 1999Charleston Karen Patterson and Benjamin F. AtkinsJim Hodges 23 Black 44 M November 12, 1999 Rhonda Darlene Smith 24 White 31 M December 3, 1999 Spartanburg Alex Hopps and James Todd Green 25 Black 32 M November 3, 2000 Anderson Dennis Ray Hepler 26 White 39 M May 3, 2002 Jasper C. Daniel Swanson and SCHP Trooper Bruce Kenneth Smalls 27 Black 37 M August 23, 2002 Charleston Susan Babich 28 White 40 M September 13, 2002 Horry Maggie Passaro 29 White 39 M March 19, 2004 Georgetown Georgetown Police Officer Spencer GuerryMark Sanford 30 White 51 M April 16, 2004 Aiken John Perry 31 White 38 M April 23, 2004 Richland Julie Johnson 32 White 47 M May 28, 2004 Calhoun Electrocution Rosa Lee Dolly Oakley and Shannon Mellon 33 White 36 M April 15, 2005 SpartanburgLethal injection Alex Hopps and James Todd Green 34 Black 51 M November 4, 2005 Aiken 4 murder victims 35 White 33 M December 2, 2005 Greenville Dickie Smith 36 White 39 M July 14, 2006 Aiken Keenan O'Mailia 37 Black 40 M June 22, 2007 Dorchester James Brooks 38 White 48 M June 6, 2008 Aiken James Riddle, Josie Curry, and Michael Gregory 39 Black 49 M June 20, 2008 Charleston Electrocution Barbara Lafayette and Joseph Lafayette 40 Black 38 M December 5, 2008 DorchesterLethal injection Melissa McLauchlin 41 White 56 M February 20, 2009 Edgefield Linda Williams and Shaun Williams 42 Black 34 M May 8, 2009 Orangeburg Robert Montgomery and Sgt. Tommy Harrison 43 White 36 M May 6, 2011Greenville Charles Douglas Martin Nikki Haley 44 Black 46 M September 20, 2024 Irene Grainger GravesHenry McMaster 45 Black 59 M November 1, 2024 Spartanburg James Mahoney 46 Black 44 M January 31, 2025 Dorchester Kandee Louise Martin 47 White 67 M March 7, 2025 Greenville Firing squad William David Larke and Gladys Gwendolyn Larke 48 Black 42 M April 11, 2025 Calhoun Orangeburg Police Captain James Edward Myers 49 White 57 M June 13, 2025 Horry Lethal injection Laura Elizabeth Ling and Henry Lee Turner 50 White 44 M November 14, 2025 Sumter Firing squad Willard Irving Tietjen Jr.

Demographics Race White 29 58% Black 20 40% Native American 1 2% Age 20–29 2 4% 30–39 18 36% 40–49 20 40% 50–59 9 18% 60–69 1 2% Sex Male 50 100% Date of execution 1976–1979 0 0% 1980–1989 2 4% 1990–1999 22 44% 2000–2009 18 36% 2010–2019 1 2% 2020–2029 7 14% Method Lethal injection 40 80% Electrocution 7 14% Firing squad 3 6% Governor (Party) James B. Edwards (R) 0 0% Richard Riley (D) 2 4% Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R) 2 4% David Beasley (R) 17 34% Jim Hodges (D) 7 14% Mark Sanford (R) 14 28% Nikki Haley (R) 1 2% Henry McMaster (R) 7 14% Total 50 100%

See also Capital punishment in South Carolina Capital punishment in the United States George Stinney, executed in South Carolina in 1944 at the age of 14 List of people executed in South Carolina (pre-1972) – executions before Furman

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External links South Carolina Department of Corrections Capital Punishment Web Site