South Carolina Executes Richard Moore Amid Calls for Clemency

Richard Moore was executed despite appeals from jurors, a judge, and his family to commute his sentence to life imprisonment.

Richard Moore, convicted for a 1999 convenience store shooting, was executed by lethal injection in South Carolina.
A broad coalition, including jurors and a former prison director, advocated for clemency, citing Moore's rehabilitation and spotless prison record.
Governor Henry McMaster denied clemency, maintaining the state's record of not reducing death sentences.
Moore's case raised concerns about racial bias, as he was the only death row inmate convicted by an all-white jury in South Carolina.
Moore expressed remorse for the killing and left messages of love and apology to the victim's family and his own before his execution.