South Carolina executes a man serving death sentences in 2 separate murders

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months.
Stephen Stanko, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m.
He was executed for shooting a friend and then cleaning out his bank account in Horry County in 2005.
The execution began After a 3 1/2 minute final statement where Stanko apologized to his victims and asked not to be judged by the worst day of his life. P