South Carolina has executed Richard Moore, the second death row inmate to die at the hands of the State this year.
This photo provided by Justice 360 shows death row inmate Richard Moore at Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center in Columbia, S.C., Aug. 17, 2018.
His death occurred despite pleas from anti-death penalty groups, who called on Governor Henry McMaster to intervene. On Thursday, 50,000 signatures were delivered to the governor, urging him to grant clemency to Moore.Moore was sentenced to death for the 1999 killing of Spartanburg County store clerk James Mahoney. Authorities say a shootout occurred after Moore, who was unarmed, took one of the guns from the store clerk during an attempted robbery.
Moore had no violations on his prison record and worked to rehabilitate other inmates. He has also remained active in his children's lives, with his son, Lyndall Moore, describing his father's sentence as "disproportionate."
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