Tags: South Carolina

The US is slated for its deadliest week on death row in 20 years, with five scheduled executions to take place in Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas.

Lionel Ramirez Cervantes escaped from Bells Crossing Elementary School in Simpsonville, South Carolina Thursday morning, according to the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.

Owens was convicted in the murder of 41-year-old store clerk Irene Graves during an armed robbery in Greenville County, South Carolina.