CHARLESTON, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) – A South Carolina death row inmate who is set to become the 50th man executed since the state reinstated the death penalty 40 years ago will die by firing squad.
Stephen Bryant, 44, will be the third man this year to die by South Carolina’s newest execution method.
His execution is set for Nov. 14.
Bryant is being put to death for killing a man in his home. Bryant admitted to killing Willard “TJ” Tietjen after stopping by his secluded home in rural Sumter County and saying he had car trouble…