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flag South Carolina executed five inmates in 2025 after restarting capital punishment, using multiple methods upheld as constitutional.

flag South Carolina carried out five executions in 2025, the latest in a series since resuming capital punishment in late 2024 after a 13-year pause due to drug procurement issues. flag The state secured pentobarbital following a shield law protecting compounding pharmacies. flag Executed inmates included Marion Bowman Jr., Brad Sigmon, Stephen Christopher Stanko, Stephen Bryant, and Mikal Mahdi, all convicted of violent crimes. flag South Carolina continues to use lethal injection, lethal gas, and the firing squad, with all methods upheld as constitutional by the state’s Supreme Court. flag No clemency was granted in 2025, and several death row inmates remain pending execution or legal challenges as of December 24, 2025.

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