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It was the most violent prison riot in the United States within the last 25 years. On December 3, 2020, 29 Lee Correctional Institution inmates were indicted on murder and mayhem charges by the State of South Carolina. [1] Investigators found that the riot was caused by gang activity, shortage of staff, overcrowding, and poor living conditions.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of South Carolina since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia, a total of 45 people have been executed in South Carolina. All of the people executed were convicted of murder.
Hammond's death was ruled a homicide by the Oconee County coroner. An independent autopsy commissioned by Hammond's family indicated that the bullets penetrated from the back of Hammond's left shoulder and the left side of his torso. [21] The shooting is under investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). [2]
Two inmates died from drug overdoses in two days at a South Carolina jail, which has been under a federal civil rights investigation, authorities said. The inmates at the jail in Richland County ...
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Oliver died from a "long-standing, terminal medical condition for which treatment was ongoing," according to a spokesman for the Shawnee County Adult Detention Center and Annex. Jail or Agency: Shawnee County Adult Detention Center and Annex; State: Kansas; Date arrested or booked: 7/10/2015; Date of death: 5/10/2016; Age at death: 44; Sources ...
The inmates will remain at the Lancaster County Detention Center, SLED said. 3 inmates charged after fentanyl overdose in SC jail left another inmate brain dead Skip to main content
Prior to 2024, 43 convicted murderers were executed in South Carolina between 1985 and 2011; Jeffrey Brian Motts was the most recent person at that point to be executed, with his execution taking place on May 6, 2011, for the murder of his cellmate at Perry Correctional Institution (where Motts was serving a life sentence for murdering his ...