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| Governor Denies Clemency
for McWee |
(Columbia-AP) -- Governor Mark
Sanford has refused to stop the execution of an Aiken County
man scheduled to go to the death chamber
Friday.
Sanford denied Jerry McWee's clemency petition
Thursday afternoon.
The governor says he respects the
courts and will not overturn a case that was appealed several
times.
McWee was convicted of shooting convenience
store clerk John Perry twice in the head in July 1991.
Prosecutors say he then took $350 from the cash
register.
Defense lawyers have said the clemency
petition was McWee's last hope for avoiding the death
chamber.
McWee is set to die Friday at 6 p.m. at the
Capital Punishment Facility at Broad River Correctional
Institution in Columbia. |
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