Michael Juan Smith takes stand in prison riot trial
Both the prosecution and defense rested their cases in the Michael Juan Smith trial on Thursday, but not before Smith took the stand is his own defense.
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Both the prosecution and defense rested their cases in the Michael Juan Smith trial on Thursday, but not before Smith took the stand is his own defense.
A man has been sentenced to 40 years behind bars for his role in the 2018 prison riot in Lee County that was the deadliest in South Carolina history.
Michael Juan Smith is charged in the April 2018 riot at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville. That riot resulted in the deaths of 7 inmates.
Michael Juan Smith was in Lee Correctional Institution on attempted murder charges for the shooting of a USC student when prosecutors say he killed another inmate.
In 2018, one of the biggest prision riots in SOuth Carolina history