Three jurors who condemned Moore to death in 2001, including one who wrote Friday, sent letters asking the Governor to change his sentence to life without parole.
More than 40 letters pleading for mercy for Richard Moore have been sent to the state’s Governor.
The prosecutors in Moore’s case included Trey Gowdy, a Republican who later served four terms in Congress.
Currently, the Supreme Court can set executions as close together as a week apart.
‘We start by acknowledging the reality that there is simply no elegant way to kill a man.’
South Carolina’s death chamber, unused since May 2011, could suddenly get quite busy.
