Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to die by lethal injection next week want his execution halted so they can get more information about the drug that will kill him.

A South Carolina inmate who has spent more than half his life on death row has chosen to die by lethal injection. His execution is scheduled for the end of this month.

I did what I did cause she was being sneaky,” the man said in a message following the shooting, according to the solicitor’s office.

This undated photo shows Marion Bowman Jr. released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections, awaits execution on death row. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP)

Federal investigators have found in a report that a large South Carolina jail vastly underreports the violence behind its walls, lets dozens of inmates go unsupervised for long periods and lets crimes

The court’s decision aided and abetted a cover-up of the conditions and treatment of South Carolina prisoners and death row inmates. It eviscerated the First Amendment guarantee of press freedom and undermined the public’s ability to make informed decisions about the state’s correctional policies.

Stabbings, sexual assaults and drug use are rampant in the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center because of staff shortages and security failures, a Justice Department investigation found.

Few options remain for Marion Bowman Jr., who is set to be executed on Jan. 31, 2025 for the murder of Kandee Martin in Dorchester County.

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair ...

A Midlands man will spend decades in a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison after pleading guilty to shooting his ex-girlfriend, according to the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.

Miangel Clark was charged after allegedly passing marijuana to an inmate at Lee Correctional. Video and evidence supported the case, officials said.

Lawyers for South Carolina death row inmate Marion Bowman Jr. are seeking to halt his impending execution, citing concerns about the drug used for lethal injection. This follows the recent execution of Richard Moore,