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Third-party candidate Baldwin campaigns in Aiken
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Execution date set for DSS killer
5/14/2008 3:19 PM
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By MIKE GELLATLY
Staff Writer
Convicted murderer David Mark Hill will be put to death June 6.
The Department of corrections announced this afternoon that the execution date had been set for the man who had successfully asked the Supreme Court to expedite his sentence.
Hill, 47, walked through the Department of Social Services office in North Augusta on Sept. 16, 1996, shooting three caseworkers. He was upset the agency had taken custody of his children. Police found Hill the next day on railroad tracks near the office with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Hill requested of the South Carolina Supreme Court on April 1 that all of his future appeals and Post Conviction Relief (PCR) be waived and that he be put to death. The high court granted his motion.
In the ruling handed down, the high court said Hill understands what he did and what it means to stop his appeals.
5/14/2008 3:19 PM
3 comment(s) on this story E-mail this story to a friendBy MIKE GELLATLY
Staff Writer
Convicted murderer David Mark Hill will be put to death June 6.
The Department of corrections announced this afternoon that the execution date had been set for the man who had successfully asked the Supreme Court to expedite his sentence.
Hill, 47, walked through the Department of Social Services office in North Augusta on Sept. 16, 1996, shooting three caseworkers. He was upset the agency had taken custody of his children. Police found Hill the next day on railroad tracks near the office with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Hill requested of the South Carolina Supreme Court on April 1 that all of his future appeals and Post Conviction Relief (PCR) be waived and that he be put to death. The high court granted his motion.
In the ruling handed down, the high court said Hill understands what he did and what it means to stop his appeals.
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3 comment(s) on this story : 5/14/2008
I don't know that we will ever really know all sides of the story. Mr. Hill has caused a great deal of grief for many people. No one can touch the grief of the victim's families, but also he has forever changed the lives of his family members also. I think that at this time prayers are in order for all people whose lives have been irrevocably changed by the actions of one man.
these people should'nt been kill : 5/14/2008
The DSS worker were doing their jobs according to the procedures in place. They did'nt deserve to be gun down. Personal feeling is not the law.
stop : 5/14/2008
My husban is from Aiken SC he is Chris, he told me about this, sometimes social workers get in the way of parenting. i really don't know what happened but maybe he sould not be killed !
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