A juvenile offender who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole is entitled to a new sentencing hearing because recent rulings from the U.S. and South Carolina supreme courts mandate that an offender’s youth be given ...

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  A South Carolina law that imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years’ imprisonment for murder convictions does not violate the U.S. Constitution when applied to defendants who committed their crimes as juveniles, the state’s Supreme Court has unanimously ...

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CHESTER (AP) A South Carolina man sentenced to life in prison when he was 16 has been sentenced again to life behind bars for the 1988 double homicide. The Associated Press reports 46-year-old Theodore Harrison was sentenced June 15. His ...

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