South Carolina executes man serving death sentences for 2 separate murders

A South Carolina man, Stephen Stanko, was executed by lethal injection on Friday after being sentenced to death for two murders, including the shooting of a friend and the killing of his live-in girlfriend in 2005. In his final statement, Stanko expressed remorse and asked not to be judged solely for his crimes, while South Carolina’s governor denied clemency, marking the state’s sixth execution in nine months.

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