South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (SCADP)

Letter from Corrections Professionals on South Carolina's Death Penalty The Honorable Henry McMaster Office of the Governor South Carolina Statehouse 1100 Gervais Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Dear Governor McMaster and South Carolina Lawmakers, As former corre...

Are you a corrections professional against the death penalty? Did you work in SC, or now live in SC? If "yes" to both, we invite you to add your name to a letter addressed to Governor McMaster to stop executions. Click the link below to go to bit.ly/CorrectionsP... and sign the letter!

SCADP Monthly Info Session | SCADP Join us for an hour-long online conversation to learn more about the state of the death penalty in South Carolina, the work of SCADP, and how you can get involved. If you want to volunteer or simply c...

Join us in 10 minutes for an hour-long online conversation to learn more about the state of the death penalty in South Carolina, the work of SCADP, and how you can get involved! Join us by RSVPing for free at www.scadp.org/event-detail...

Opinion | A 1977 double murder is a warning for the Nick Reiner trial Should Reiner face the death penalty? A victim’s sister in a harrowing case shares her journey.

Last week, Sherrerd Hartness was featured prominently in a WaPo article about potential effects of the death penalty for Nick Reiner's family. A co-victim herself, Sherrerd speaks against the death penalty with SCADP:

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

What an incredible day at USC Upstate where Rev. Jimmy MacPhee and Holly Sox joined together to talk to 51 people about their experiences with the death penalty! Huge thanks to everyone with The Beatty Center at USC Upstate who made this event happen! We hope to connect with you more in the future!

SCADP Monthly Info Session | SCADP Join us for an hour-long online conversation to learn more about the state of the death penalty in South Carolina, the work of SCADP, and how you can get involved. If you want to volunteer or simply c...

Join us tomorrow (Tuesday, February 10) at 6pm for our February Monthly Info Session! If you want to volunteer or simply connect with others across the state interested in abolishing the death penalty, start here! To register for a free Zoom link go to: www.scadp.org/event-detail...

Here are some basic facts about South Carolina’s Death Penalty System: Current Death Row Inmates: 25 Men (as of November 14, 2025) Execution Methods: Lethal Injection, Electric Chair, and Firing Squad Last Execution: 2025 (Stephen Bryant; November 14, 2025) Last Death Row Sentence Issued: 2019 Total Executions from 1718-1976: 641 (includes Federal and Military Executions) Total Executions since 1976: 50 (State executions only) Economic Background of Death Row Inmates: Impoverished/ Working Class Location of Death Row: Broad River Correctional Institution For more information about South Carolina's death penalty system, go to www.scadp.org/the-facts

Here are some basic facts about South Carolina’s Death Penalty System.
For more information about South Carolina's death penalty system, go to www.scadp.org/the-facts

Watching Football on Death Row — with a Wrongfully Convicted Man | PTFO YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

#SuperBowl on Death Row: New @pablo.show podcast featuring #CharlesFlores, Dallas Cowboys superfan who is innocent on Texas’s Death Row in hypnotized witness case. Watch here: youtu.be/0-GnKLFY_Gc?...

Watching Football on Death Row — with a Wrongfully Convicted Man | PTFO YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

"I'm innocent. I can prove it."

Charles Flores, a wrongfully convicted football fan, is running out of time. I visited him in Texas for the one hour of the day when he's not in solitary confinement, to talk about life on death row — a decade after the real killer went free: youtu.be/0-GnKLFY_Gc?...

Restrictions on Spiritual Advisers in Execution Chambers Persist Despite Supreme Court Ruling | Death Penalty Information Center When Lance Shockley was exe­cut­ed in Missouri in October 2025, he request­ed the pres­ence of his daugh­ter, an ordained min­is­ter, in the exe­cu­tion...

Restrictions on Spiritual Advisers in Execution Chambers Persist Despite Supreme Court Ruling #deathpenalty #SCOTUS deathpenaltyinfo.org/restrictions...

Gov. Newsom: Please commute all death sentences! Take Action: Urge Gov. Newsom to Grant Universal Clemency, Commuting Death Row Sentences! We're calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to enact universal clemency, a bold measure that would commute every...

Honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by calling for the end of all death sentences in California! Join Martin Luther King III to urge Gov. Newsom to commute the row by:

👉 Send the Governor a message: actionnetwork.org/letters/gov-...

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SCADP Monthly Info Session | SCADP Join us for an hour-long online conversation to learn more about the state of the death penalty in South Carolina, the work of SCADP, and how you can get involved. If you want to volunteer or simply c...

We have moved our Monthly Organizing Meetup to next Tuesday, February 10th from 6pm-7pm! Join us for an hour-long online conversation to learn more about SCADP, the state of the death penalty in SC, and how to get involved!

To register for a free zoom link, go to www.scadp.org/event-detail...

Victim’s Daughter and Former Juror Oppose Execution of Alabama Man Who Officials Acknowledges Did Not Pull the Trigger | Death Penalty Information Center Two women inti­mate­ly con­nect­ed to a 1991 mur­der case in Alabama have pub­licly opposed the intend­ed exe­cu­tion of Charles ​“Sonny” Burton, a man...

Victim’s Daughter and Former Juror Oppose Execution of Alabama Man Who Officials Acknowledges Did Not Pull the Trigger #deathpenalty #alabama deathpenaltyinfo.org/victims-daug...

Executive Director | Work for Good About GFADP Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty educates, advocates, and engages communities with the goal of ending the death penalty in Georgia. We envision a Georgia without the death p...

Do you follow the death penalty in Georgia and wish you could be more involved? Our friends at Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty are hiring a new full-time Executive Director! Click the link below for more information! workforgood.org/listing-job/...

One year ago today, the state of South Carolina executed Marion Bowman. His conviction was based on unreliable, incentivized testimony, with no forensic evidence connecting him to the crime scene. Today we post his picture and his poem, "While I Breathe, I Hope." We love and miss you, Marion.

Indiana House narrowly rejects firing squad execution bill A bill to add the firing squad as an execution method in Indiana failed in the House on Wednesday, falling three votes short of the required constitutional majority.The legislation could still be brou...

News from our colleagues in Indiana! Their "Firing Squad Bill" has been defeated for now! www.newsfromthestates.com/article/indi... 🙌🙌🙌

#tbt to this past December, when SCADP delivered just over $2,300 raised through our In Lieu of Violence Initiative (ILOV) to the Children's Recovery Center of Horry and Georgetown Counties! Thank y’all for your incredible work!

To support SCADP’s creative partnerships, go to bit.ly/Donate2SCADP

“I Have Been Tricked Out of My Life”: Dallas Man Exonerated 70 Years After Execution | Death Penalty Information Center September 30, 1953 was an event­ful night for 19-year-old Tommy Lee Walker. After catch­ing a ride home from work at 6 p.m. — he didn’t have a car — he...

“I Have Been Tricked Out of My Life”: Dallas Man Exonerated 70 Years After Execution. Read more about the case from Death Penalty Information Center: deathpenaltyinfo.org/i-have-been-...

Virtual Book Club January 2026: "Secrets of the Killing State" by Corinna Barrett Lain YouTube video by SC 4 Alternatives to the Death Penalty

We were so excited to see Corinna Barrett Lain for our Virtual Book Club last Thursday! Click on the following link to check out the Virtual Book Club: youtu.be/mV2YqCz4bB8?...

Be sure to stay updated with SCADP, as we will be inviting Professor Lain to South Carolina in April 2026! More to follow!

Gov. Newsom: Please commute all death sentences! Take Action: Urge Gov. Newsom to Grant Universal Clemency, Commuting Death Row Sentences! We're calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to enact universal clemency, a bold measure that would commute every...

As we remember and celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we join his son Martin Luther King III in calling on @GavinNewsom to #CommuteTheRow. Send the Governor a message in honor of #MLKDay: actionnetwork.org/letters/gov-...

SCADP AM 2026 Part1 YouTube video by SC 4 Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Still looking for more content to ride out Ice-Magedden? Check out Our Annual Meeting with Demetrius Minor, Executive Director of Conservatives Concerned, speaking with us about why conservatives should be concerned about the death penalty! youtu.be/0Y-fADxXBz4?...

More than the worst thing we've done, part 2 | UMC.org Rev. Hillary Taylor shares how she became a spiritual advisor and friend to Brad Sigmon, who was executed in South Carolina in March 2025. Join us for a powerful conversation as we reflect on grief, h...

Are you looking for podcasts to listen to while you ride out the ice storm this weekend? Part 2 of our Executive Director's conversation with the "Get Your Spirit In Shape" podcast is out now! Click here to download/listen for free: www.umc.org/en/content/m...

See you shortly for our 7pm Virtual Book Club! Register at www.scadp.org/virtual-book-club

Meet our final panelist for tomorrow's Annual Event: Catherine Glenn Foster! Register for free at www.scadp.org/event.../sca...

Meet one of our panelists for our Annual Event this Saturday: Hayden Laye, Founder and Director of Pro-Life Greenville! Register for free at www.scadp.org/event-detail...

SCADP is pleased to bring Mr. Demetrus Minor, Executive Director of the group “Conservatives Concerned,” as the Keynote Speaker for this year's Annual Event on Saturday, January 17th from 2pm-5pm!

To register for this free event, go to www.scadp.org/event-detail...

More than the worst thing we've done | UMC.org Rev. Hillary Taylor shares how she became a spiritual advisor and friend to Brad Sigmon, who was executed in South Carolina in March 2025. Join us for a powerful conversation as we reflect on grief, h...

SCADP is excited to share that our Executive Director, Hillary Taylor, was interviewed by the "Get Your Spirit in Shape" Podcast with United Methodist Communications! Here Part 1 of her conversation with Crystal Caviness by clicking here: www.umc.org/en/content/m...

Join us on January 22nd at 7pm ET. We've got an exciting lineup beginning with "Secrets of the Killing State" by Professor Corinna Barrett Lain! Professor Lain will join us for a discussion about the book! Register for free at: www.scadp.org/virtual-book-club

Kendrick Simpson Advocacy Toolkit Kendrick Simpson Advocacy Toolkit Created by Partners and Advocates of Kendrick Simpson Kendrick Simpson is scheduled to be executed on February 12, 2026, despite the jury never hearing crucial evid...

Kendrick Simpson’s Clemency Hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, January 14, 2026. His Execution is scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 2026. Help our partners in Oklahoma by using the following toolkit to learn more about the case and advocate for clemency: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Join Be The Ones, SCADP, + others for the 2nd annual South Carolina Legislative Kickoff Celebration!
📍 Tuesday, January 13th from 11am - 2pm at the SC State House
👉 Head to betheones.org/kickoff for more info + confirm you’ll be joining us!

Join Be The Ones, SCADP, + others for the 2nd annual South Carolina Legislative Kickoff Celebration!
📍 Tuesday, January 13th from 11am - 2pm at the SC State House
👉 Head to betheones.org/kickoff for more info + confirm you’ll be joining us!