South Carolina's first execution in 6 years set for Dec. 1

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South Carolina's first execution in 6 years set for Dec. 1

"South Carolina has scheduled its first execution in more than six years.

The State Department of Corrections said Friday it had received an order from the state Supreme Court setting a Dec. 1 execution date for 52-year-old Bobby Wayne Stone.

Stone has been on South Carolina's death row for 20 years, convicted of murder in the 1996 slaying of Sumter County sheriff's Sgt. Charlie Kubala.

Stone has acknowledged he shot Kubala as the officer responded to a call in February 1996, but said the shooting was accidental.

South Carolina uses lethal injection as its execution method, though inmates can opt for electrocution."



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South Carolina may not have drugs needed for December execution

"South Carolina has scheduled its first execution in more than six years. But it's unknown if the state has the drugs needed to carry out lethal injection.

The Department of Corrections last week received its first execution order in more than six years. State Supreme Court justices set a Dec. 1 execution date for Bobby Wayne Stone, a 52-year-old man on death row for killing a Sumter County sheriff's deputy."



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