Governor Will Not Stop Execution Friday April 16, 2004 5:08am Should the US stick to the June 30 deadline for transfer of power in Iraq?  Yes  No ___  ABC News 4 Interact  ___    • Signup for eNews Alerts    • ABC News 4 Pulse Poll    • Whats Your Opinion?    • Printable Version    • E-Mail This Story Columbia (AP) - Governor Mark Sanford (website - news) 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. 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 dollars from the cash register. McWee is set to die Friday at 6 pm at the Capital Punishment Facility at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia. » Find More Articles Related To This One Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS STORY? TELL US ABOUT IT BELOW! Opinions and Feedback You need to be a registered member of ABC News 4 to leave comments on news stories. Not A Member Yet? Click Here To Signup...Takes Just Two Minutes Lost Your Password? Click Here ABC News 4 Member Name or Email:   Password:    Your Feedback/Opinion: Messages that harass, abuse or threaten other members; have obscene or otherwise objectionable content; have spam, commercial or advertising content or inappropriate links may be removed and may result in the loss of your posting privledges. Please do not post any private information unless you want it to be available publicly. Never assume that you are completely anonymous and cannot be identified by your posts.