Topic - Richard Mark Gergel

Once Gergel limited arguments to lethal injection, the state said all the arguments by Stanko's lawyers showing there is excessive pain or inmates regaining consciousness have been from other states.

South Carolina execution won't be halted over lethal injection concerns →

In handing down the stiff sentence, Gergel said Murdaugh stole from “the most needy, vulnerable people,” including a client who became a quadriplegic after a crash, a state trooper who was injured on the job, and a trust fund intended for children whose parents were killed in a wreck.

Alex Murdaugh, 3 years into a life sentence, to get his day before the South Carolina Supreme Court →