Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be executed in South Carolina today. What to know.
Bowman was sentenced to death for the Feb. 16, 2001, shooting death of 21-year-old Kandee Martin five days before her son's second birthday.
Marion Bowman executed in South Carolina for young woman's 2001 murder: 'I'm innocent'
The state executed Bowman for the 2001 murder of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, a young mother who was killed five days before her son's second birthday.
South Carolina executes man convicted of murder in state’s third execution since September
A South Carolina death row inmate was executed on Friday, marking the third time in four months the state has carried out the death penalty.
First US execution of 2025: South Carolina inmate Marion Bowman Jr. dies by lethal injection
South Carolina executed Marion Bowman Jr., the third inmate in four months, as the state resumes executions after a 13-year pause. Bowman maintained his innocence until his final moments.
Death row inmate Marion Bowman Jr. maintains innocence as SC prepares to execute him
Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old inmate, is scheduled to be executed Friday night, marking the first execution in South Carolina this year. Bowman, a native of
SC inmate Marion Bowman dies by lethal injection, becomes nation's first prisoner executed in 2025
Marion Bowman Jr. dies Jan. 31, becomes third man put to death since South Carolina resumed executions. He was convicted of killing young mother Kandee Martin.
South Carolina puts man to death for 2001 murder; it's state third execution since September
South Carolina has put 45 inmates to death since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976. In the early 2000s, it was carrying out an average of three executions a year. Nine states have put more inmates to death.
South Carolina death row inmate Marion Bowman Jr. pens final words
Death row inmate Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old Dorchester County native, is scheduled to be executed Friday night, marking 2025's first execution in South Ca
'I did not do it': South Carolina man set for execution argues innocence, racial bias
Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be executed on Friday for the shooting death of Kandee Martin in 2001. Martin's body was found in the trunk of her burned car.
South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won’t ask for clemency
Five hours later, Bowman’s lawyer issued a statement saying he would not ask for clemency from Gov. Henry McMaster. “Marion has steadfastly maintained his innocence of Kandee Martin’s murder, yet he has already spent more than half of his life on death row.
South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s 3rd execution since September
South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as the state goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn’t find lethal injection drugs. Marion Bowman Jr.
A small-town girl with big dreams, murdered at just 21 years old. Who was Kandee Martin?
Kandee Martin was shot once in the chest and once in the head on a dark country road, five days before her son's second ...
2 deaths, 24 years apart. Remembering Kandee Martin as her convicted killer's execution date nears.
Marion Bowman Jr. is expected to be executed on Jan. 31 after being convicted in 2002 of murdering 21-year-old Bamberg ...
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Murder victim's family has been 'counting down the minutes' until South Carolina execution
Bowman maintains his innocence, but Martin's family believes justice is being served and have been 'counting down the minutes' until the execution. Kandee Martin was murdered on a dark country ...
Man facing Friday execution in S.C. murder won’t seek clemency
The South Carolina Death Row inmate sentenced to die Friday by lethal injection will not ask Gov. Henry McMaster for clemency, a spokesperson for his legal team said.