Richard Bernard Moore

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Richard Bernard Moore (February 20, 1965 – November 1, 2024) was an American man who was executed in South Carolina by lethal injection for murder. He was convicted of the September 1999 murder of James Mahoney, a convenience store clerk, in Spartanburg, South Carolina. In 2022, Moore's case received international attention when he was scheduled for execution and opted to be executed by firing squad under the state's new capital punishment laws. He was set to become the first person executed in South Carolina in over a decade and the first to be executed by firing squad in the state. However, his execution was stayed by the South Carolina Supreme Court on April 20, 2022. In September 2024, South Carolina resumed executions. Freddie Eugene Owens, executed by lethal injection, became the first person to be executed by the state in over thirteen years. On November 1, 2024, Moore was also executed by lethal injection, becoming the second person executed since executions resumed. Although Moore...

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