State opposes death row inmate’s request to delay execution

South Carolina’s Attorney General’s Office has urged the state Supreme Court to reject death row inmate Steven Vernon Bixby’s request to delay his execution until after the holidays. Bixby, convicted in the 2003 killings of two law enforcement officers, cited a previous execution delay. The state argued that the earlier case involved logistical circumstances and said Bixby’s current stay was granted only to resolve his competency to be executed.