SC inmate who killed 2 executed by electric chair

 
Associated Press
Published: June 21, 2008

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents 14 years ago was executed in the state's electric chair Friday night after a last-ditch effort to halt the sentence was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court .

James Earl Reed was pronounced dead at 11:27 p.m. Friday in the state's death chamber in Columbia. He did not issue a final statement.

The execution, fi...


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