In his opinion, Chief Judge Roger Gregory wrote that Sammie Louis Stokes’ attorney had evidence about Stokes’ troubled past but decided to withhold it ahead of Stokes’ original sentencing.

Defense attorney Jim Griffin said Alex Murdaugh's surviving son, Buster, speaking on his father’s behalf at Friday's sentencing hearing would not have made a difference in the sentence ...

Several bills have been filed this session to reform both sentencing and the prison system in South Carolina. A small group of lawmakers considered a bill Tuesday that would give offenders more ...

COLUMBIA — The S.C. Supreme Court struck down the possibility of a new sentencing trial for the man on death row for the rape and killing of a Clemson University student nearly two decades ago.