COLUMBIA, S.C.. (WRDW/WAGT) - How do prosecutors determine whether a murderer should die?

South Carolina’s attorney general is pressuring the Richland County solicitor to pursue capital punishment for a murder earlier this year.

And the solicitor in Horry County is now seeking the death penalty for a convicted murderer whose federal death sentence President Joe Biden commuted.

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In the past 11 years, four men have been sentenced to death in South Carolina – none since 2019.

A current and former solicitor – who have both prosecuted death penalty cases – say deciding whether to pursue capital punis

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