COLUMBIA, S.C. — A secret order that resulted in the early release of convicted South Carolina murderer Jeroid Price was unsealed Thursday by the state Supreme Court, detailing publicly for the first time what information Price shared to cut nearly 16 years off his prison sentence.
The order contained three examples that served as justification for now-retired Judge Casey Manning to sign the order that reduced Price’s 35-year prison sentence even though Price had not served the mandatory minimum 30 years for murder.
The testaments included in the order say that Price, who was housed at the S.C. Department of Corrections in Columbia and then transferred to New Mexico, saved corrections officers from injury or death and notified prison officials when a high-profile inmate escaped.
