Judge sends West Columbia drug-smuggling couple who helped convict doctor to prison
The wife of a drug-smuggling team wept as she told a federal judge on Monday how her husband “brainwashed” and manipulated her into helping carry out his crimes.
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The wife of a drug-smuggling team wept as she told a federal judge on Monday how her husband “brainwashed” and manipulated her into helping carry out his crimes.
South Carolina has not carried out an execution since 2011, in part because companies do not want their identities revealed for providing the state with the lethal drug cocktail, state prison officials say.
A legal dispute between warring members of the S.C. House of Representatives involves allowing a group of lawmakers to be a caucus that can raise big money and influence elections.
Although Alex Murdaugh now claims behind bars that his dogs played no role in the death of his late housekeeper Gloria Satterfield, overwhelming evidence indicates his four large dogs tripped her, an opposing lawyer says.
The S.C. Supreme Court had ordered Jeriod Price, who law enforcement has described as a danger to the public, be returned to prison after the justices overturned an order granting his release.