Robert South was executed by the State of South Carolina for the murder of West Columbia police officer, Daniel Cogburn
According to court documents Robert South would drive by Officer Daniel Cogburn, who was sitting in his patrol car, and open fire killing the Officer
Robert South would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Robert South would be executed by lethal injection on May 31 1996
Robert South Case
A man who killed a rookie police officer in a 1983 drive-by slaying was executed by injection early today, bidding farewell to his lawyer with the words, “I’ll see you when I see you.”
The man, Robert South, 51, swallowed twice and his mouth slowly opened as he lost consciousness in the death chamber at Broad River prison.
Mr. South was convicted in the April 12, 1983, slaying of a West Columbia police officer, Daniel Cogburn. The 29-year-old officer was sitting in his squad car writing a traffic ticket when Mr. South shot him from a passing pickup truck.
The years on death row wore on Mr. South, and in a letter last year he advised his lawyer to cease all appeals. “It was a feeling of futility, primarily,” said Teresa Norris, a lawyer who represented Mr. South last year.
Mr. South was the second man executed in South Carolina in the past 10 months. The last one was Sylvester Adams on Aug. 18.
