19 February 2010 :

An Anderson County jury has sentenced Raymondeze Rivera to death. Rivera, 31, black, was convicted last week of 1st-degree murder in Kwana Burns’ Dec. 13, 2006 death. Burns was 28, and black. Rivera had confessed to police, and pleaded guilty in court, but asked to be sentenced to death. "I have already decided my judgment," Rivera said. "I wanted the death penalty. Since 2006, this is what I wanted, all along". Rivera is already serving a life sentence for killing Asha Wiley, 27, black. Rivera was convicted in 2008 of killing Wiley. She was found dead in her apartment 2 days before Burns was killed. Judge Alexander Macaulay set the execution for April 19, but capital cases are automatically appealed in South Carolina.