The Supreme Court of South Carolina just gave the green light to another execution. 

The Daily Caller reports that the judges on the court just issued their seventh death warrant.

It is the seventh death warrant issued by the court since South Carolina resumed its execution of death row inmates, which was about a year ago.

If there’s no last-minute intervention from Gov. Henry McMaster or the courts, South Carolina will hold another prisoner execution on Nov. 14. Stephen Bryant, who admitted to killing 3 people in Sumter County, was issued an execution order this morning. #deathpenalty pic.twitter.com/8AtuOkT2QX

— Tiffany Tan (@tiffgtan) October 17, 2025

Background

The convict scheduled to be executed is 44-year-old Stephen Bryant.

Fox News reports:

Bryant confessed to killing Willard "TJ" Tietjen after stopping by his home in rural Sumter County and saying he had car trouble. After Tietjen was shot several times, candles were lit around his body. The corner of a potholder was dipped in Tietjen's blood and "victem 4 in 2 weeks. catch me if u can" was written on a wall, according to officials.

Police, of course, did end up catching him.

Bryant was accused of only killing one person, but there are allegations that he killed at least two others as well.

Fox notes:

Prosecutors said Bryant also killed two other men, one before Tietjen's murder and one after. He gave the two men rides and shot them in the back when they exited the vehicle to urinate on the side of rural roads.

The death warrant has been issued

South Carolina's Supreme Court issued the death warrant for Bryant on Friday.

The Daily Caller reports:

Stephen Bryant, 44, will face execution Nov. 14 for the 2004 murder of Willard “TJ” Tietjen. The court rejected a delay request from Bryant’s lawyers, who cited complications from the federal government shutdown

All that is left is for Bryant to choose his method of execution.

The outlet adds:

Bryant must choose his execution method by Oct. 31: lethal injection, firing squad or electric chair . . . Since South Carolina ended a 13-year execution pause in September 2024, four inmates selected lethal injection and two chose firing squad. The state halted executions in 2011 after its lethal injection drug supply expired. Lawmakers later passed a shield law protecting drug suppliers’ identities and added firing squad as an option.

Assuming that the execution goes ahead as scheduled, Bryant's will be the 50th carried out by South Carolina since it resumed the death penalty in 1985.