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Stephen Stanko, 57, is scheduled for execution by lethal injection in South Carolina on June 13, 2025, for a 2005 murder. Stanko was previously sentenced to death for raping and severely assaulting a teenager while strangling her mother. Stanko's method of execution was changed from firing squad to lethal injection after recent results from autopsies revealed complications.

Courtesy: WTOP Staff