U.S. Supreme Court refused to stop execution of South Carolina inmate [Video]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of South Carolina inmate Richard Moore, a Black inmate whose lawyers say he is the only person on the death’s death row convicted by a jury with no African American members.There were no dissents in the brief order issued by the high court.Moore is scheduled to die at 6 p.m. Friday by lethal injection at a Columbia prison. The only other chance to save his life is if Republican Gov. Henry McMaster decides to reduce Moore’s sentence to life in prison. No South Carolina governor has granted clemency in 44 executions in the state in the past 50 years.Moore, 59, shot and killed a Spartanburg convenience store clerk in 1999. Prosecutors said Moore came into the store to rob it and was not armed, but took a gun from the clerk who then pulled a second gun. The two …