A South Carolina Certificate of Death Penalty Case is an official document issued by the Supreme Court of South Carolina after a criminal defendant has been found guilty of a capital offense and sentenced to death. This certificate provides a legal record of the conviction and sentence and is required by the court to be kept on file. There are two types of South Carolina Certificate of Death Penalty Cases — the Certificate of Death Sentence and the Certificate of Execution. The Certificate of Death Sentence is issued after the conviction and sentence is pronounced in open court, while the Certificate of Execution is issued when the sentence is carried out. Both documents provide details of the conviction, sentence, and execution, and are required to be kept on file by the court.