When he was made king, Charles II pardoned most of his father's opponents, but for those who had signed his father's death warrant, there was no mercy.
South Carolina's Supreme Court issued the death warrant for Stephen Bryant, scheduled to be put to death November 14th for the murder of Willard T.J. Teigen in 2004.
And you were very brave, because actually, to be as vocal as you were about that issue two years ago was to sign your professional death warrant in many places.
Charles initially refused to sign his death warrant, but did so on the 10th of May after claiming that he felt his position and his family were now threatened by parliament.