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COLUMBIA, S.C. --- Susan Smith, the young mom who shocked the nation 30 years ago when she rolled her car into a lake with her two sons inside and watched them drown, was denied parole Wednesday. Susan Smith is led from the Union County Courthouse after the first day of testimony in the penalty phase of her trial. Brooks Kraft LLC / Sygma via Getty Images fileFrom behind bars, Smith continued to claim she was a good mother. He then read a passage that Smith wrote explaining why she allowed her sons to die. “I knew Jesus would take better care of them than I could,” Smith wrote, according to Thomas.

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☆ Susan Smith killed her 2 young children by pushing her car into a lake. 30 years later, she’s up for parole
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Chris Boyette | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Susan Smith arrives at Union County Courthouse as the penalty phase of her trial moves into closing arguments in 1995. On Wednesday, Smith will have her chance to make her argument before the parole board, according to the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. Inmates in South Carolina are allowed to receive and send letters but cannot legally communicate with journalists in person or on the phone. Smith and the filmmaker discussed shooting the documentary after the parole hearing and how she would be paid for her participation, according to an incident report. Pope is against Smith’s parole and said he will be speaking before the parole board at the hearing Wednesday.

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☆ An interviewer for Netflix's 'I Am A Killer' has spoken to over 100 prisoners. She shares what it's like speaking to murderers and how her team finds gripping stories.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Hines and her team interview each inmate twice, for one hour. Zoe Hines"We want to tell both the inmate's version of events and the perspectives of law enforcement and the families and those impacted by the crime," Hines told Business Insider. The "I Am A Killer" team doesn't interview mass murderers or sexual abusers. Related storiesI'm sat opposite this person who has done this horrendous thing, who admits they've done this horrendous thing. However, after his second interview with the team, he reevaluates his position later in the program.

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☆ Susan Smith, who drowned her two children 30 years ago, is up for parole
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Juliette Arcodia | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Susan Smith, who shocked the nation 30 years ago when she rolled her car into a lake with her two children inside and watched them drown, will ask a parole board Wednesday to release her from prison. Almost 30 years ago to the day, Susan Smith made international headlines when she said she was carjacked late at night near Union, South Carolina, by a Black man. Smith, now 53, has had an eventful three decades behind bars in South Carolina, including multiple disciplinary actions. As of Monday, 471 people had written to the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services regarding Smith's hearing. Former lead prosecutor and current South Carolina State Rep. Tommy Pope is also expected to speak in opposition.

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CNN —Richard Allen has been found guilty of two counts of murder and two counts of felony murder in the highly publicized Delphi murder trial, according to CNN affiliate WTHR. Delphi law enforcement have long held they believe the “Bridge Guy” shown in the video is the main suspect in the case. Prosecutors drew attention to the .40-caliber unspent round found by the girls’ bodies, which a prosecution expert testified matched Allen’s pistol. The prosecution has also tried to match Allen with the video and audio recording of the “Bridge Guy” captured on Libby’s cellphone. “Richard Allen is ‘Bridge Guy,’” McLeland told jurors.

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Jurors will deliberate from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday until they reach a verdict, according to WTHR. Last month, 16 Allen County residents were selected to serve on the jury, including four people serving as alternates, WTHR said. “I believe the evidence is firmly convincing that Richard Allen is Bridge Guy and he killed Abby and Libby,” McLeland told the jury. Prosecutors drew attention to the .40-caliber unspent round found by the girls’ bodies, which a prosecution expert testified matched Allen’s pistol. He also pointed out that Allen still lived in Delphi for more than five years after the girls were killed.

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☆ Delphi murders suspect confessed to crimes in prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Zoe Sottile | Jean Casarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Prosecutors say Allen actually confessed over 60 times to the murders while in prison, to his wife, his mother, family members, the prison warden, the psychologist who treated him in prison, other prison employees and other inmates. The jury on Thursday heard recordings of seven prison phone calls Allen made to his wife and mother, according to WTHR. Monica Wala, the prison psychologist who treated Allen at Westville Correctional Facility, testified for the prosecution that he confessed to the crimes multiple times, once in great detail, according to WTHR. He also spoke about wanting to go back and change his actions and apologize to the families, Wala testified. He had a serious mental health history and had experienced both major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, Wala testified during cross-examination.

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A woman convicted of dressing up as a clown in 1990 and murdering the wife of a man she later married has been released from prison, putting to rest one of the more bizarre cold cases Florida has ever seen. Keen-Warren was arrested in 2017 in Washington County, Virginia, in connection with Warren’s 1990 murder. Initially, suspicion quickly focused on Michael Warren, the victim’s husband, as friends and family said the couple was having marital problems. Michael Warren served three years in prison, and in 1997 he vanished. But he re-emerged in 2002, marrying Sheila Keen — the same Sheila Keen-Warren who’s now charged with his ex-wife’s murder.

Persons: Sheila Keen, Warren, Marlene Warren, Keen, “, Bob Ferrell, Michael Warren, Michael, Warren who’s, Sheila, Michael repossessing, Detectives, It’s Organizations: Florida Department of Corrections, Associated Press, West Palm Beach, Palm, Fort Lauderdale Sun, Sentinel Locations: Florida, Washington County , Virginia, Wellington, West Palm, Palm Beach

☆ Richard Moore executed in South Carolina despite appeal to cut sentence to life
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Henry McMaster to reduce his sentence to life in prison without parole because of his spotless prison record and willingness to be a mentor to other inmates. A prison employee announced the execution could begin at 6:01 p.m. Moore took several deep breaths that sounded like snores over the next minute. Three jurors who condemned Moore to death in 2001, including one who wrote Friday, sent letters asking McMaster to change his sentence to life without parole. They were joined by a former state prison director, Moore’s trial judge, his son and daughter, a half-dozen childhood friends and several pastors. Moore is the second inmate executed in South Carolina since it resumed executions.

Persons: Richard Moore, Moore, Henry McMaster, McMaster, Moore’s, Lindsey Vann, Vann, Vann clutched, Barry Barnette, doted, James Mahoney, ” McMaster, Mahoney, ” Moore, “, Jon Ozmint, Ozmint, Todd Kohlhepp, ”, Alexandria Moore Organizations: COLUMBIA, Republican Gov, Supreme, ” Prosecutors, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Air Force Locations: —, Carolina, Spartanburg, U.S, South Carolina, Spartanburg County

A Montana man found slain in his tent earlier this month welcomed his alleged killer, a stranger, to his campsite and offered him a beer, the Gallatin County sheriff said Thursday. Abbey in a confession to detectives “stated, Dustin welcomed him to the campsite and offered him a beer,” Springer said. “The motives of this attack are still unknown.”DNA from a beer can found in the tent was matched by the state crime lab to Abbey, Springer said. He set up the camp on Oct. 10, a Thursday, and he planned to pick his girlfriend up from work the next night, Springer said. The girlfriend and a friend drove to the campsite on Oct. 12, a Saturday, and found Kjersem dead inside the tent, Springer said.

Persons: Daren Christopher Abbey, Dustin Kjersem, Sheriff Dan Springer, Kjersem, Springer, “, Dustin, ” Springer, Abbey Organizations: Sky, Sheriff, Abbey, Montana Department of Justice, Montana Department of Corrections Locations: Montana, Gallatin County, Butte, Big, Basin , Montana

LOS ANGELES — California and Nevada voters are weighing whether to repeal legal loopholes in their state constitutions that allow slavery and involuntary servitude to be used as criminal punishment. California and Nevada would join a growing national trend that started with voters in Colorado repealing involuntary servitude in 2018. Slavery and involuntary servitude were banned nationally by the 13th Amendment with one exception — as punishment for a crime. In 2016, Shawna Lynn Jones became the first incarcerated woman to die while fighting a fire in California, according to the state corrections department. "If it means we have to come back to California voters in two years or four years, then that's what we'll do," Nuñez said.

Persons: ” Rep, Barbara Lee, Shawna Lynn Jones, ” Alyssa Mireles, “, Lawrence Cox, Cox, ”, “ It’s, Terri Hardy, ” Hardy, —, Greg Totten, we’ve, ” Esteban Nuñez, Nuñez Organizations: Democratic, ”, “, League of United Latin American Citizens, California Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, Firefighters, Institute of California, FBI, California — Locations: ANGELES, California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, Alabama , Tennessee, Oregon, decarceration, U.S

Pennsylvania Voters Worry About the Toxicity of PoliticsIn a tight presidential race, Pennsylvania, with its 19 electoral votes, will very likely decide the winner. That’s clear in Berks County, which lies about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia where flourishing Democratic suburbs melt into conservative, rural Pennsylvania. But nearly all of them worried that the growing toxicity of national politics had endangered that sense of community. She said many people she knew remembered Mr. Trump’s name on the stimulus checks that were sent out in 2020. “They’re pushing division.” Scroll to play video Muted Winston Reyes Winston Reyes Adam Nissley Adam Nissley Sara Torres Sara Torres Winston Reyes Winston Reyes Adam Nissley Adam Nissley Ivan Shibley Ivan Shibley Ruth Martelli Ruth Martelli Winston Reyes Winston Reyes Sara Torres Sara Torres Ruth Martelli Ruth Martelli “I was a Democrat before, I voted Democrat.” “I was a Democrat before, I voted Democrat.” “I voted for Obama to start with.

☆ South Carolina death row inmate cites race of jurors in request for stay
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Andy Rose | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Moore is the last person remaining on South Carolina’s death row to be convicted by a jury with no Black members, his defense attorneys say. “No other South Carolina death penalty case has involved an unarmed defendant who defended himself when the victim threatened him with a weapon,” they said in a statement. “He’s a human being who made mistakes,” Lyndall Moore told the AP. Moore’s attorneys responded Wednesday the case’s “unique procedural backdrop” should allow the justices to consider their arguments. Henry McMaster Meg Kinnard/APIn an earlier federal court request for a stay of execution, Moore’s attorneys expressed concern about McMaster’s past comments regarding clemency for death sentences, the ruling denying that request shows.

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☆ Lyle, Erik Menendez case: What’s next for the brothers convicted of killing their parents
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Cindy Vonquednow | Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“I will never excuse murder, and those were brutal, premeditated murders,” Gascón told CNN Thursday. Calling the brothers “model prisoners,” Gascón told CNN he believes there’s a good chance they would be paroled if the decision reaches the parole board. Erik Menendez, left, is seen in an October 31, 2016, photo and Lyle Menendez is seen in a February 22, 2018 photo. “I believe before Thanksgiving, they will be home,” one of the brothers’ attorneys, Mark Geragos, said Thursday. I think that the conviction was appropriate given what was there,” Gascón told CNN.

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☆ N.C. judge argues for release of man convicted in murder of Michael Jordan's father
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

The North Carolina judge who presided over the 1996 murder trial over the killing Michael Jordan’s father petitioned the state’s parole commission to release one of the men convicted in the case. Details about Weeks’ petition were not available as parole commission hearings in North Carolina are confidential and not open to the public. Prior to the murder in 1993, James Jordan was sleeping in his red Lexus along a North Carolina highway when he was shot. Demery pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, and like Green, received a life sentence. Green has always said he did not kill James Jordan but admitted to helping dispose of the body.

Persons: Michael Jordan’s, Gregory Weeks, Daniel Green, James Jordan, Green, Larry Demery, Weeks, Michael Jordan, Demery Organizations: North, North Carolina Department of Corrections, Lexus, Chicago Bulls, NBA, Associated Press Locations: North Carolina, South Carolina

☆ Menendez brothers case: Lyle and Erik Menendez await a decision that could see them released from prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Chelsea Bailey | Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

In 1996, the Menendez brothers were convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty, in their Beverly Hills home. Erik Menendez, left, is seen on October 31, 2016, and Lyle Menendez is seen on February 22, 2018, in photos provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. In the letter, Erik Menendez wrote, “I’ve been trying to avoid dad. He told ABC his office is expected to make a decision on the Menendez brothers’ sentence sometime this month. The case has reemerged following last month’s release of the Netflix series,“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” Netflix also this month released a documentary on the Menendez case featuring both men discussing what led to the murders.

Persons: Lyle, Erik Menendez, Menendez, Kitty, they’ve, Jose Menendez’s, George Gascón, Erik, Lyle’s, Karen Vander MolenCopley, “, ” MolenCopley, Lyle Menendez, MolenCopley, Gascón, “ I’ve, Andy, ” Gascón, Loni Coombs, CNN’s Jim Acosta, ‘ I’m, ”, Coombs Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles District, ABC, California Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation . California Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, Netflix, Former Los Angeles Locations: Angeles County, Beverly

Viewers tuning into NFL and college football games in recent weeks have been bombarded with two Trump ads — running nationally and locally in swing states — that take issue with Vice President Kamala Harris’ past support for taxpayer-funded gender-affirming treatments. “So we’ll talk about it for them.”The Harris campaign declined to comment on the record. The two trans ads are Trump’s two most-seen commercials during professional and college football games, according to AdImpact, a firm that tracks political commercials and ad spending. Trump campaign officials say the ads will make it harder for Harris to make up ground with men, where polls show her trailing Trump. A Trump campaign official said the campaign's internal polling showed the ad was resonating with Black men — a demographic the campaign is courting.

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☆ Ex-LAPD detective who hid murder for decades won't be paroled, reversing earlier decision
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“Lazarus had her parole time up front, evading arrest for 23 years after the murder,” Taylor said in a statement. Lazarus will have a new parole hearing in 18 months, the spokesperson said. She then staged the killing to look like a robbery, the investigator, Greg Stearns, previously said at a parole hearing for Lazarus. During the November hearing, Lazarus said she had no intention of killing Rasmussen when she went to her home, according to the transcript. After the board found Lazarus suitable for release, California Gov.

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☆ Lyle Menendez has gotten married twice while in prison. Here's what to know about his wife and ex-wife.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Menendez brothers are back in the spotlight due to "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story." Lyle and Erik Menendez received consecutive life sentences in 1996 after killing their parents. Lyle Menendez was first married to Anna Eriksson, and is now married to Rebecca Sneed. Advertisement"Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" has thrust the brothers, who were found guilty of first-degree murder in 1996, back into the spotlight. Erik married his wife Tammi Menendez in 1999 while he was in prison.

Persons: Menendez, Lyle, Erik Menendez, Lyle Menendez, Anna Eriksson, Rebecca Sneed, —, Kitty Menendez, Erik, Tammi Menendez, Norma Novelli, Eriksson, Barbara Walters, Nancy Brown, Leslie Abramson, Rebecca Sneed Lyle, Sneed, I'm Organizations: Service, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Times, California Department of Corrections Locations: Mule, California

☆ 'Jailbreak: Love on the Run' looks at Casey White, a man who escaped prison with a corrections officer. Here's where he is now.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Jailbreak: Love on the Run" revolves around Casey White, an inmate who escaped prison in 2022. He broke out of Lauderdale County Jail with the help of corrections officer, Vicky White. It revolves around Casey White, who was given a 75-year prison sentence for attempted murder and robbery in 2015. Casey White remains in prison, and he was almost charged with Vicky White's death. Casey White being escorted by police officers as seen in Netflix's "Jailbreak: Love on the Run."

Persons: Casey White, Vicky White, Casey, —, Connie Ridgeway, Vicky, Vicky White's, Vicky's, William E, Ridgeway, Austin Williams, There's Organizations: Netflix, Service, CNN, Donaldson, Alabama Department of Corrections, Fox News Locations: Lauderdale County, Lauderdale County Jail, Alabama, Lauderdale, Florence , Alabama, Evansville , Indiana, Bessemer

Two years after an Alabama prisoner was spared when staff members struggled to execute him by lethal injection, officials plan to try again Thursday — using the rare method of nitrogen gas. He filed a federal lawsuit in March seeking to halt his execution, citing the state's past execution failures and concerns that the method of nitrogen hypoxia would add pain and prolong death. "The resolution of this case confirms that Alabama's nitrogen hypoxia system is reliable and humane," Marshall said in a previous statement. Alabama officials have insisted in court filings that nitrogen hypoxia is "painless because it causes unconsciousness in seconds" and death within minutes. "Whether by lethal injection or nitrogen suffocation, the myth of the 'humane execution' is a lie fewer and fewer people believe," Foa said in a statement.

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☆ Oklahoma man says he didn't commit the crime he's set to die for. Will the governor spare him?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Abigail Brooks | Abigail Brooks Is A Producer For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

“I would have been OK with a life sentence,” Littlejohn said in an interview last month. “But a death sentence for robbery? Kevin Stitt, a Republican, after the state parole board voted 3-2 to recommend commuting his sentence to life without parole. It is not the first time Littlejohn has faced an opportunity to overturn his death sentence. In 1998, the Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals vacated the death sentence and ordered a resentencing.

Persons: Emmanuel Littlejohn, he’s, Littlejohn, Kenneth Meers, Meers, — Littlejohn, Glenn Bethany, “, ” Littlejohn, ”, Kevin Stitt, Bethany, —, Glenn didn’t, Glenn, ’, ” Bethany, sentencings, ‘, ’ ”, Gentner Drummond, Stitt, “ Governor Stitt Organizations: Gov, Republican, Emmanuel Littlejohn . Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Oklahoma, “ Locations: Oklahoma, Oklahoma City

☆ Marcellus Williams is executed despite prosecutors and the victim’s family asking that he be spared
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Cindy Von Quednow | Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Around 100 demonstrators were present on the prison grounds protesting capital punishment and Williams’ execution, Pojmann said. Williams’ team filed a clemency petition to the US Supreme Court last week, noting Missouri’s previous governor had postponed Williams’ execution indefinitely amid questions about the integrity of Williams’ trial. Eric Greitens previously halted Williams’ execution and formed a board to investigate his case and determine whether he should be granted clemency. “The Board investigated Williams’ case for the next six years — until Governor Michael Parson abruptly terminated the process,” Williams’ attorneys wrote. “The Governor’s actions have violated Williams’ constitutional rights and created an exceptionally urgent need for the Court’s attention,” Williams’ attorneys said in court documents.

Persons: Marcellus Williams, Williams, Williiams, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Felicia Gayle, Gayle’s, Mike Parson, Trevor Foley, “, Larry Komp, ” Komp, Tricia Rojo Bushnell, CNN’s Jake Tapper, doesn’t, Governor Parson, Parson, Louis County, Williams ’, ” Williams, Karen Pojmann, Imam Jalahii Kacem, Pojmann, Andrew Bailey, Wesley Bell, Louis, ” Bailey, Jonathan Potts, Michael Spillane, ” Spillane, “ Mr, ” Parson, ”, – Williams, Alford, general’s, Eric Greitens, Michael Parson, ” CNN’s Dakin Andone, Lauren Mascarenhas, John Fritze, Jennifer Hauser Organizations: CNN, US, ”, Missouri Department of Corrections, NAACP, Williams, of Corrections, Attorney’s Office, Missouri Attorney General’s, Jail, Court, Missouri Supreme, Republican Gov, Supreme, Attorney’s, GOP Gov Locations: Missouri, Bonne Terre, St, Louis

☆ Mary Robin Walter: Kansas cold case ends 44 years later as man is sentenced for killing his former neighbor in 1980
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The Kansas Attorney General’s Office said in a statement Friday that it was Hanks’ admission in new interviews that allowed authorities to charge him in 2022, when he was living in Burden, Kansas. The sheriff said they believe it is the oldest cold case in Kansas to be solved and result in a conviction. In his interviews, Hanks admitted to killing Walter, the attorney general’s office said. The statements from the sheriff and attorney general’s office, and online court records, don’t say whether Hanks ever revealed his motive for killing Walter. Officials with the attorney general’s office and Hanks’ attorney did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press on Saturday.

Persons: Mary Robin Walter, Brian Bellendir, Steven L, Hanks, Steve Johnson, ” Bellendir, “, ” Walter, Detective Adam Hales, David Paden, Walter, Jessica Domme, ” Domme, Bellendir Organizations: Bend , Kansas AP, The, The Kansas Attorney General’s, Police, Wichita Eagle, Kansas Department of Corrections, Associated Press Locations: Bend , Kansas, Kansas, Great Bend, Barton County, The Kansas, Burden , Kansas

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of Freddie Owens who is set to die by lethal injection next week in the state’s first execution in 13 years. South Carolina Department of CorrectionsThe decision keeps on track the planned execution of Owens on Sept. 20 at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia. The state didn’t set out to pause executions, but its supply of lethal injection drugs expired and companies refused to sell the state more if the transaction was made public. Henry McMaster alone has the power to reduce Owens’ sentence to life in prison. Not even the state of South Carolina.

Persons: Freddie Owens, Owens, Freddie Eugene Owens, Irene Graves, Steven Golden, Graves, couldn’t, Golden, “, ”, Henry McMaster, McMaster, hasn’t, ” McMaster, Hillary Taylor, ” Taylor, David Kennedy Organizations: COLUMBIA, South Carolina Supreme, Freddie Eugene Owens . South Carolina Department of Corrections, Correctional Institution, Prosecutors, South, NAACP Locations: Freddie Eugene Owens ., Columbia, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S, Laurens County

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