Moore, 59, awaits clemency from the governor as his children plead for his life to be spared

South Carolina is on track to execute a man on death row on Friday, despite growing concerns about the validity of his sentence and objections from the judge who originally condemned him to death.

Richard Moore, 59, is due to be killed by lethal injection at 6pm unless the state’s Republican governor, Henry McMaster, grants clemency. Moore’s children have pleaded for his life to be spared, and his resentencing efforts are now supported by the former corrections department director, two trial jurors, the judge who presided over the case and a former state supreme court justice.

The case has drawn scrutiny over racial bias and the unusual nature of his death sentence, and is part of a spate of rapid executions the state is pursuing.

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    2417 hours ago

    That’s crazy that the corporations don’t really mind assisting in the murder of human beings so long as the name of the company is kept from the public record.

    • skulblaka
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      1616 hours ago

      Profit is their God. So long as profit is made nothing else matters.

    • _haha_oh_wow_
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      315 hours ago

      It’s only a matter of time before this information comes to light, state governments are not usually great about keeping secrets or securing their tech.