Witnesses recount SC inmates final moments before execution [Video]

DAY. FIRST, AT 11, A SECOND SOUTH CAROLINA INMATE IS DEAD. NOW THAT THE STATE RESUMED EXECUTIONS AFTER 13 YEARS. RICHARD MOORE DIED TODAY AT 6:24 P.M. BY LETHAL INJECTION FOR THE 1999 MURDER OF SPARTANBURG CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK JAMES MAHONEY. OUR NATE STANLEY REPORTS FROM COLUMBIA. I AM DEEPLY SORRY, WERE THE FINAL WORDS FROM RICHARD MOORE BEFORE BEING EXECUTED HERE BEHIND ME VIA LETHAL INJECTION, ACCORDING TO MEDIA WITNESSES, HE SEEMED PEACEFUL IN HIS FINAL MOMENTS. AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL EXECUTION ITSELF, THERE WEREN’T. THERE WAS NO OUTWARD PAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO YOU COULDN’T SEE WHETHER ANYBODY WAS IN DISCOMFORT OR PAIN. THERE WAS NO OUTWARD SIGNS OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS A VERY I ALWAYS HATE TO USE THE WORD PEACEFUL ON THESE THINGS, BUT THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF DISCOMFORT. MOORE’S EXECUTION WAS STEEPED IN CONTROVERSY. IN 1999, HE ENTERED A …