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Outrage as South Carolina lawmaker stands to shake hands with convicted killer Alex Murdaugh in court

Furious response online to warm greeting representative gave convicted murderer

The Independent UK

A man is back in prison despite a deal reducing his sentence. He's fighting to restore the agreement

A lawyer for a man sent back to prison in South Carolina after a deal reducing his sentence was canceled is asking for the agreement to be restored

The Independent UK

Funeral held for teen shot by gas station owner over false shoplifting claims as community shares outrage

Cyrus Carmack-Belton was shot to death on 28 May after a verbal argument over false claims that he had shoplifted four bottles of water spilled onto the street

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Community mourns teenager's death after gas station owner charged with murder

Community members are grieving the death of a 14-year-old boy who authorities say was fatally shot in the back by a South Carolina gas station owner

The Independent UK

Four water bottles, false shoplifting claims and a 14-year-old killed: What happened to Cyrus Carmack-Belton?

Cyrus Carmack-Belton was chased and fatally shot by the owner of a convenience store who wrongly believed he was shoplifting, Andrea Blanco reports

The Independent UK

Justices cancel order cutting 16 years off murder sentence

Justices on South Carolina’s highest court have erased an order that cut 16 years off a convicted murderer’s sentence

The Independent UK

Trial date set for alleged Murdaugh accomplice Cory Fleming in financial theft case

HAMPTON, S.C. — Suspended Beaufort County lawyer Cory Fleming will go on trial Sept. 11 for financial crimes he allegedly carried out with convicted killer and former lawyer Alex Murdaugh.

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Unsealed secret order reveals why convicted SC killer was released 16 years early

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.

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