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South Carolina inmate picks firing squad over electric chair

April 20, 2022 Associated Press Comments Off

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade has decided to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair […]

Prosecutor: Alex Murdaugh now faces 71 charges; $8.5M stolen

January 25, 2022 Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Comments Off

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A once-prominent South Carolina lawyer now faces 71 charges that he stole nearly $8.5 million in wrongful death and wreck settlements from more than a dozen people after another round of indictments […]