Death Warrant Issued – Execution Soon

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(StraightShooterNews.com) – South Carolina’s justice system is under scrutiny as it prepares to execute November 1, 2024, a Black man convicted by an all-white jury.

This case exposes the deep-rooted racial bias in America’s legal system and raises alarming questions about the fairness of capital punishment in the country.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has issued a death warrant for Richard Bernard Moore, who was convicted of murder for killing convenience store clerk James Mahoney during a 1999 robbery.

Moore’s legal team argued that his death sentence reflects blatant racial discrimination, pointing out that an all-white jury sentenced him after the prosecutor systematically removed all eligible African Americans from the jury pool.

Meanwhile, Moore’s attorneys have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the racial bias in jury selection.

“Moore’s execution would not be an act of justice,” Moore’s legal team from Justice 360 stated. “It would be an arbitrary act of vengeance.”

Adding to the controversy, Moore could become the first South Carolina death row inmate executed by firing squad. The state reintroduced this method in 2021 due to a shortage of lethal injection drugs.

During the 1999 robbery, Moore, who was unarmed, got into a struggle with the armed clerk, Mahoney, resulting in his death.

Later, Moore’s team claimed self-defense, supported by forensic evidence.

“[This case] highlights many of the pitfalls endemic to the death penalty, beginning with the role race plays,” stated Justice Kaye Hearn of the South Carolina Supreme Court, expressing concerns about the fairness of Moore’s trial.

As Moore’s execution date approaches, a serious national conversation about the death penalty, racial bias in courts, and what true justice looks like in America should be a topic of discussion.

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