The state executed Bowman for the 2001 murder of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, a young mother who was killed five days before ...

South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as the state goes through a backlog of prisoners who ...

South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as it goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted ...

South Carolina has executed their first death row prisoner this year, Marion Bowman Jr., who has been in prison since 2002 ...

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 Jr. was convicted of shooting and killing a young mother, 21 year-old Kandee Martin, in Dorchester County, South Carolina ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s third execution since September.

This undated photo released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Marion Bowman Jr. This undated photo released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Marion Bowman ...

This undated photo shows Marion Bowman Jr. released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections, awaits execution on death row. Credit: AP What could be Bowman's final attempt to postpone his ...

Bowman's lawyers also want more time to study whether South Carolina's lethal injection protocols take into account Bowman's weight, listed as 389 pounds (176 kilograms) in prison records.