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A three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the death sentence of Quincy Allen, who was the last person sentenced to death in Richland County, South Carolina.
A South Carolina judge on Monday moved Lexington County Mexican restaurant operator Greg Leon’s murder trial to January. The trial had been previously set for August.
“Everyone has different opinions these days about everything — abortion, guns, politics, you name it,” the judge told the South Carolina couple. “But we have to express our disagreements in a lawful way.”
The Supreme Court’s order came down the same day it was reported that Alex Murdaugh will face charges in the June 2021 shooting deaths of his wife and son.
President Joe Biden nominated Adair Ford Boroughs in June to be South Carolina’s next U.S. attorney. Should the process go smoothly, she could take the top post before the summer’s end.