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South Carolina man to be executed in US by firing squad

March 7, 2025 World Justice News 0

A South Carolina prison inmate convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat will be the first person in the US to be executed by firing squad in 15 years. If Brad Sigmon’s […]

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South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life

November 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy by parties that included three jurors […]

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South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years

September 21, 2024 World Justice News 0

South Carolina has executed its first death row inmate in 13 years, administering a lethal injection to Freddie Owens. Owens, 46, was found guilty by a jury of killing shop worker Irene Graves during an […]

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Disgraced ex-lawyer Alex Murdaugh sentenced to another 40 years for financial crimes

April 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced lawyer convicted of murdering his wife and son, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for federal financial crimes. Murdaugh, 55, is already serving two life sentences for the murders […]

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Alex Murdaugh loses phone privileges in prison after media call

August 31, 2023 World Justice News 0

Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina lawyer serving a life sentence for murder, has lost his phone privileges in prison after speaking to the media without permission. The 55-year-old’s lawyer recorded him reading his diary […]

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South Carolina prosecutors say a woman was convicted of homicide in her baby’s death 31 years ago

August 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

YORK, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina jury found a woman guilty of homicide by child abuse in the death of her baby, whose body was found in a river more than 30 years ago, […]

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Mallory Beach’s family settles for $15m over Murdaugh boat crash

July 18, 2023 World Justice News 0

A multi-million dollar settlement has been reached in a fatal boat crash involving the family of disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh. Relatives of Mallory Beach, 19, who died when the vessel hit a bridge […]

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Michael Burnham: US inmate with ‘survivalist skills’ in Pennsylvania jail break

July 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

A suspected murderer with “survivalist skills” has broken out of a Pennsylvania jail by climbing on exercise equipment and is now the subject of a multi-state manhunt. Michael Burnham escaped from a jail in Warren, […]

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Stephen Smith: Teenager’s body exhumed after Murdaugh trial

April 4, 2023 World Justice News 0

The body of a teen found in 2015 near the South Carolina home of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has been exhumed following tips since the trial. Last month police in South Carolina said Stephen Smith’s […]

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Alex Murdaugh trial: US lawyer convicted of murdering wife and son

March 2, 2023 World Justice News 0

Alex Murdaugh has been convicted of murdering his wife and son after a six-week trial that revealed the prominent lawyer’s spectacular fall from grace. The 54-year-old shot his wife Margaret, 52, four or five times […]

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