BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have charged three inmates with killing a fellow South Carolina prisoner, including one with at least seven weapons violations during his decade in custody. Arrest warrants say the men entered 35-year-old Ae Kingratsaiphon’s cell at Lee ...

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Cox v. Quinn (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-129-16, 22 pp.) (Harris, J.) No. 15-6943, July 6, 2016; USDC at Roanoke, Va. (Conrad, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Plaintiff inmate who was severely beaten by another inmate allegedly had complained multiple times to ...

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BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities are investigating violence at a maximum-security South Carolina prison that left one inmate dead and another hospitalized. Local media outlets report Tuesday that the South Carolina Department of Corrections is investigating the death of 35-year-old ...

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AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — The city of Aiken is warning it will have to replace 10 inmates paid $15 a day to pick up trash and do landscaping with 20 temporary workers who get $10 an hour after South Carolina ...

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King v. Rubenstein (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-098-16, 37 pp.) (Gregory, J.) No. 15-6382, June 7, 2016; USDC at Martinsburg, W.Va. (Groh, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: An inmate who alleges defendant correctional officials threatened to keep him in administrative segregation unless ...

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PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — An inmate injured last month in a fight at the Pickens County jail is suing the county saying he wouldn’t have been hurt in the jail wasn’t so crowded. The jail has about 200 prisoners in ...

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In the fight game, the old adage goes something like this: The punch that hurts you the most is the one you don’t see coming. In the legal realm, the same could be said for the consequences of being convicted ...

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BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — Jennifer Dumas sits on a sofa, her smiling 6-month-old girl on her lap. The room is full of bright toys and children’s books. A rainbow-colored activity mat is on the floor, and Winnie the Pooh ...

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Morva v. Zook, Warden (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-086-16, 35 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 15-1, May 5, 2016; USDC at Roanoke, Va. (Urbanski, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit affirms denial of habeas relief for the capital murder convictions and ...

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PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark says that overcrowding played a role in a jailhouse fight that left two inmates injured and eight facing charges. Media outlets report that two inmates were beaten up last Friday at ...

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