Authorities in South Carolina Friday night carried out the execution of Richard Moore, despite pleas for clemency to the state's Republican governor.

South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk.

Richard Moore, who is scheduled to be executed by injection Friday in South Carolina for the fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk in 1999, has lost his final chance to have his life spared.

He was put to death by lethal injection after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster denied a request for clemency. Moore's was the second execution since Sept. 20, when Freddie Owens was put to death. Before Owens,

South Carolina inmate Richard Moore was executed by lethal injection on Friday for the 1999 murder of a convenience store clerk, despite widespread appeals for clemency. Moore was the second person to be executed in the state in just over a month after a 13-year pause,

South Carolina carried out the execution of Richard Moore on Friday evening, according to the state, a day after the US Supreme Court declined the Black inmate’s request to halt his lethal injection over his claim prosecutors unjustly excluded Black people from the all-White jury that convicted him.

Moore's death sentence, imposed by an all-white jury more than 20 years ago, raised questions about whether he got a fair shake in South Carolina's court system.

Richard Moore was put to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk.