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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeffrey Collins

South Carolina prosecutor seeks death penalty in murder case after Biden reduced sentence to life

Bank Robbery Trial - (Horry County Jail)

A local prosecutor in South Carolina said Tuesday he will seek the death penalty against a man whose federal death sentence for killing two bank employees in a robbery was commuted to life in prison by President Joe Biden at the end of his term.

Brandon Council, 40, did not appear in state court in Horry County as prosecutors formally let the court know that if he is convicted of murder they will ask a jury to sentence him to death.

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