South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy by parties that included three jurors and the judge from his trial,

Gov. Henry McMaster has denied for death row inmate Richard Moore.

He was put to death by lethal injection after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster denied a request for clemency. Moore's was the second execution since Sept. 20, when Freddie Owens was put to death. Before Owens,

Authorities in South Carolina Friday night carried out the execution of Richard Moore, despite pleas for clemency to the state's Republican governor.

South Carolina inmate Richard Moore was executed by lethal injection on Friday for the 1999 murder of a convenience store clerk, despite widespread appeals for clemency. Moore was the second person to be executed in the state in just over a month after a 13-year pause,

Moore's death sentence, imposed by an all-white jury more than 20 years ago, raised questions about whether he got a fair shake in South Carolina's court system.

South Carolina carried out the execution of Richard Moore on Friday evening, according to the state, a day after the US Supreme Court declined the Black inmate’s request to halt his lethal injection over his claim prosecutors unjustly excluded Black people from the all-White jury that convicted him.

Richard Moore was put to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk.