SC Gov. McMaster denies clemency to inmate Richard Moore [Video]

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. Republican Gov. Henry McMaster denied Moore’s request for clemency. No governor in South Carolina has granted in the previous 44 executions in the state since the death penalty restarted in 1976. Governors in 24 other states have done so.To read the full letter, click here. Three jurors who condemned Moore to death in 2001, including one who wrote Friday, sent letters asking McMaster to change his sentence to life without parole. They were joined by a former state prison director, Moore’s trial judge, his son and daughter, a half-dozen childhood friends and several pastors.They all said Moore, 59, is a changed man who loves God, dotes on his new grandchildren the best he can, helps …