26-year-old James Douglas Drayton charged with murder of five in SC, prosecutors plan to seek death penalty.

South Carolina prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for James Douglas Drayton, a 26-year-old man charged with the murder of five individuals in Inman, SC, in 2022. Drayton was allegedly high on meth and hadn't slept for four days at the time of his arrest, when he confessed to the killings. This could be the state's first execution since 2011, as South Carolina allows the death penalty alongside other methods such as lethal injection and the electric chair.

August 18, 2024
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