COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The death penalty is back under focus across South Carolina.

Last week, the solicitor in Horry County announced he is seeking capital punishment for a convicted murderer whose federal death sentence President Joe Biden commuted shortly before leaving office.

Days later, South Carolina’s attorney general put pressure on the Richland County solicitor to pursue the death penalty for a murder earlier this year.

A current and a former solicitor, who have both prosecuted death penalty cases, said deciding whether to pursue capital punishment is not a choice made lightly.

“At the end of the day, we have to do something that’s different: We have to go to a jury and not only ask them to find somebody guilty but also ask them to say that person needs to die,” 14th Circui

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