High-ranking SC prisons employee gave inmates confidential info in exchange for cash, prosecutors say
Prosecutors allege Morrell provided inmates with confidential information in exchange for cash payments. COLUMBIA, S.C. — A ...
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Former South Carolina prison captain pleads guilty in $279K bribery scheme
A former captain at a South Carolina prison recently pled guilty to a charge related to her role in a massive bribery scheme.
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SCDC reports 11 inmates charged with crimes including murder, assault, drug trafficking
On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Corrections released the arrest warrants for 11 inmates in separate cases from November and December 2024.
South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s third execution since September
South Carolina is preparing to execute the third inmate to be put to death since September as the state goes through a ...
South Carolina executes Marion Bowman, Jr.: “I’m innocent of the crimes I’m here to die for”
Bowman’s execution was the third carried out in South Carolina since 2011, when the state unofficially halted executions as ...
South Carolina prepares for third execution since September after 13-year pause
South Carolina is set to execute its third inmate since September, as the state works through a backlog of death row ...
South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won't ask for clemency
After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided not to ask the governor for ...
SC prisons captain accused of taking money to share confidential information with inmates
Leon Morell has been charged with disclosure of confidential information, obstruction of justice, money laundering, ...
South Carolina puts man to death for 2001 murder; it's state third execution since September
South Carolina has put 45 inmates to death since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976. In the early 2000s, it ...